Darkon is a 2006 American documentary film that follows the real-life adventures of the Darkon Wargaming Club in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of fantasy live-action role-playing (LARP) gamers. The film was directed by Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer, who engaged in a collaborative process with the role-players of the Darkon Wargaming Club as they made the documentary.[1] Meyer and Neel began filming for the documentary in 2003.
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 Promotional poster for Darkon | |
| Directed by | Luke Meyer Andrew Neel |
| Produced by | Tom Davis Ethan Palmer Christopher Kikis Thoma Kikis Nicholas Levis Domenic Romano (associate producer) Cherise Wolas Alan Zelenetz |
| Starring | Skip Lipman Daniel McCarthur Rebecca Thurmond Kenyon Wells Andrew Mattingly |
| Cinematography | Karl F. Schroder Hillary Spera |
| Edited by | Brad Turner |
| Music by | Jonah Rapino |
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| Distributed by | IFC (TV) AOL (Streaming) |
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Running time | 89 Minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Darkon premiered and won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas.[2] Darkon was an official selection playing at Hot Docs, Maryland Film Festival, Silverdocs, LA Film Festival, Britdoc, Melbourne International Film Festival and the Camden International Film Festival.[citation needed]
The film was produced by Ovie Entertainment and SeeThink Films.[citation needed]
The documentary served as inspiration for the 2008 comedy film Role Models.[3] John Hodgman was also hired to write a scripted film adaptation of Darkon.[4] However, plans fell through, but an excerpt of the unproduced screenplay was read on his podcast Judge John Hodgman.[4]
Reception
editDarkon was well received by critics. The film was a New York Times Critic's Pick[5] and has an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on the reviews of 19 critics.[6]
References
edit- ^ Robert Greene (September 30, 2019). "How the Decade's Best Documentaries Chart Radical Changes in Filmmaking". hyperallergic.com.
- ^ Levy, Emanuel (June 26, 2006). "Darkon (2006): Audience Award Winner at SXSW Film Fest". EmanuelLevy.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ Christopher Monfette (March 4, 2009). "Dr. Kuni Speaks". IGN.
- ^ a b Julia Smith (August 14, 2013). "Judge John Hodgman Episode 122: Reckless Endungeonment". Maximum Fun. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ^ "'Weekend Warriors' Darkon Movie Review". The New York Times. September 14, 2007.
- ^ "Darkon". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
External links
edit- Darkon at AllMovie
- Darkon at IMDb
- The Darkon Wargaming Club, official site of the role-playing club on which the film is based
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