''Obselidia'' is a 2010 American

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

written and directed by Diane Bell, starring Michael Piccirilli, Gaynor Howe and Frank Hoyt Taylor. The film won two awards at the

2010 Sundance Film Festival The 26th annual Sundance Film Festival was held from January 21, 2010 until January 31, 2010 in Park City, Utah. Award winners *Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - '' Restrepo'' *Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - ''Winter's Bone'' *World Cinema Jury Prize: ...

: the Excellence in Cinematography award and the Alfred P. Sloan Prize.

Plot

On his quest to catalogue soon obsolete occupations, George (Piccirilli) a librarian joins forces with a silent film projectionist (Howe), and together they journey to Death Valley to interview a maverick scientist (Hoyt Taylor) who is predicting the imminent end of the world.

Cast

* Michael Piccirilli – George * Gaynor Howe – Sophie * Frank Hoyt Taylor – Lewis *Chris Byrne – Mitch *Kim Beuche – Jennifer *Michael Blackman Beck – Paul *Linda Walton – Linda *Grant Mathis – Monk

Reception

The influential film critic

Todd McCarthy Todd McCarthy (born February 16, 1950) is an American film critic and author. He wrote for ''Variety'' for 31 years as its chief film critic until 2010. In October of that year, he joined ''The Hollywood Reporter'', where he subsequently served ...

wrote in ''

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'' that it was "gentle, intelligent, gorgeously made and utterly eccentric." It was widely acclaimed for its "sheer beauty" and for being "a true original."

Awards

* Excellence in Cinematography. Sundance 2010 Film Festival * Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. Sundance 2010 Film Festival * Juried Best Feature. Ashland Independent Film Festival 2010 * Alfed P. Sloan 2010 Grantees. TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund 2010.

References

External links

* {{end 2010 films 2010s English-language films 2010 drama films American drama films Alfred P. Sloan Prize winners 2010s American films