Rotten
[An] annoyingly oblique exercise in arty affectation by Bingham Bryant and Kyle Molzan.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times
For the Plasma
2014 · 1h 34m · N/A
Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Bingham Bryant
,
Kyle Molzan
Overview
For the Plasma begins in a remote house on the coast of Maine, where a young woman named Helen has found work as a forest-fire lookout responsible for monitoring the nearby woodland. While analyzing CCTV footage of the surrounding forest, she discovers she can reconfigure her perception to predict shifts in global financial markets. But when her inquisitive and demanding friend Charlie arrives at the house, Helen finds herself challenged and unsettled by her new colleague, and the two girls’ relationship begins to unravel. From this cryptic premise grows a lo-fi mind-bender of intimate scale and startling relevance that flirts with sci-fi and horror conventions, even as it subverts them. To the strains of an electronic score, For the Plasma juxtaposes pastoral imagery with surveillance technology, every shade and shadow captured in gorgeous 16mm.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The movie's sole attraction is an odd, exceptionally potent electronic score by Japanese pop musician Keiichi Suzuki.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
For the Plasma finds genuine, almost innocent-seeming delight in its own swerves in style and rhythm.
Danny King, Village Voice
Rotten
Ranks among the year's most singular movies, even as it also ranks among the year's most painful movies to endure.
Mike D'Angelo, AV Club
Rotten
Only faintly touching upon notions of intuitive collaboration and inspiration, "For the Plasma" wanders about as if it's in a fog, ultimately to the point of pointlessness.
Nick Schager, Variety
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