Polish writer/director/designer Dawid Marcinkowski’s homage to Jean-Luc Godard 1965 classic Alphaville, cult film The Saragossa Manuscript (also from ‘65), and French novelist/musician Vernon Sullivan (aka Boris Vian) is quite a treat for fans of experimental film and music alike. Titled Sufferrosa, the über-cryptic online film has 3 alternate endings, was filmed in 20 different locations, consists of 110 scenes, and features a soundtrack by Sonic Youth, Memory Tapes, Lee Ranaldo’s Text of Light, Tarwater, Stereo Total, Exploding Star Orchestra, Glass Candy, and many more.
Pretty intense, right? Get this: Sufferrosa is also non-linear and some aspects of the plot “depend entirely on the viewer’s choice.” What’s more, said interactive plot involves the imprisonment of a private detective on a tropical island by Professor Carlos von Braun, “a scientist who is engaged in the process rejuwenalisation – a rejuvenation for women.”
I’m loving all the Sonic Youth-scored mysteries of late. Check out more details and begin interacting with Marcinkowski’s twisted Sufferrosa plot here.