Set the racing pulse! Actress Sky B Marshall stars in Robert Lang’s new experimental short film, Return to the Pleasure Dome.
She’s starred alongside Hollywood greats including Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins, but actress Skye B Marshall’s talent doesn’t shy away from the indie scene starring in the short pilot. Back to the pleasure dome By director Robert Lang.
American actress, whose star only rose to fame after appearing in the movie ‘Misconduct’ alongside Josh Duhamel, Pacino and Anthony Hopkins, and as Towanda Braxton in the hit TV biopic based on the life of Grammy Award winner Toni Braxton: Un – broke my heart’.
Star of the show: Sky B Marshall appears in the short film Return to the Pleasure Dome
Photographer and director Robert Lang He released his first short film Return to the Pleasure Dome as an inspiration and homage to his 1954 classic Kenneth Anger’s The Opening of the Pleasure Dome and envisions his own version of the juvenile as a paraquel.
Synopsis for the short film, A contender for upcoming film festivals is “a high-octane dance to a bold rockabilly tune as it dances to a soft light against the backdrop of a tiki theme.”
An abnormal menacing force glares over the alopecia. She was aware that she was still dancing.
Madness ensues as the surreal and terrifying event unfolds, paving the way for the question of what is real and what is not. Who are you dancing for? Is it a dream or a hallucination? ”
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Flapper Style: High-octane dance to a bold rockabilly tune as she dances in front of a dim light against a tiki-themed backdrop
As in most of Kenneth Anger’s films, interpretation is left to the viewer for the sake of art as Robert hopes to convey this to the audience.
They toil with the idea of the occult as that was a major theme from the original which featured ceremonial masks and psychedelic peppy creatures, as subliminal symbols appear and disappear.
Like laughing monsters from film that appear and disappear from view, the film takes center stage here in a nutshell.
Original Film: Still from Kenneth Unger’s original film Opening the Pleasure Dome
Pleasure Dome Debuting is a 38-minute short film by Kenneth Anger in 1954. Anger created two more versions of this film in 1966 and the late 1970s. According to Anger, the film takes its name “The Pleasure Dome” from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s atmospheric poem “Kubla Khan”. Anger was inspired to make the film after attending a Halloween party called “Come as Your Madness”.
The film reflects Anger’s deep interest in Thelema, the philosophy of Aleister Crowley and his followers, as evidenced by Cameron’s role as “The Scarlet Woman”.
Movie Poster: Skye B. Marshall appears on the official movie poster for the short film
Actress Skye B. Marshall, a Chicago native and former US Marine vet, stars as the dancer.
She recently wrapped filming “Indivisible” starring alongside Sarah Drew for Grays Anatomy and will appear in the TV show “Major Crimes”. She has guest-starred in the films Shameless, Grey’s Anatomy, and Public Morals.
Experimental film: An abnormal menacing force glares at the alopecia. She realizes she is still dancing as she reads the synopsis
Final scene: The yellow jacket hanging over the chair fades eerily in the final scene
