The jazzy score by Ben Lovett ( The Ritual) heightens the suspense even further and brings to mind every hardboiled crime drama seen on screen. And the way, we follow James as he walks or drives through the city captures the menacing mood of the urban streets. The camera often lingers on objects, making their importance obvious. Taking inspiration from such true occurrences as The Max Headroom Incident of 1987 and “ Tara the Android,” Dan Martin (Possessor), who knows something about engineering images that assault the senses, created the broadcast signal intrusions in this film.Ĭinematographer Scott Thiele nails the neo noir genre with the use of lighting and attention to detail. Gentry, known for his raw and sometimes violent films about the dangers of messing with science and technology, is a perfect match for the source material. as James in Jacob Gentry’s BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION.Ĭonceived originally as a screenplay submitted by Drinkwater and Wooddall in the FrightFest screenplay contest for New Blood talent, the project was matched to director Jacob Gentry ( The Signal Synchronicity) by Giles Richards, one of the producers of Queensbury Pictures, who ensured its development from page to screen. Who orchestrated the hijackings? Why? Were they all done by the same person? Is there a pattern? His search through the gritty streets and back alleys of the Windy City may uncover a mystery yet to be solved or may just be a foolish foray down a rabbit hole to distract him from the pain of his terrible loss. His discovery of one of the mysterious and unsolved broadcast signal intrusions sets him on an obsessive hunt for answers. He’s also still grieving after his wife, Hannah, disappeared mysteriously three years ago. Crazy Rich Asians) works as a video archivist at night, transferring footage from one format onto another. It’s Chicago, 1999, right at the height of doomsday prophecies and Y2K panic. While this sounds like an old episode of The Twilight Zone or X-Files, these strange but true events happened in real life and serve as the basis and inspiration for the new tech noir Broadcast Signal Intrusion, directed by Jacob Gentry and written by Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall. ![]() ![]() While the interruption doesn’t last long, what appeared on screen you can’t unsee. ![]() Imagine being in the middle of a favorite television program, only to have your television hijacked by unwanted and disturbing images. Jacob Gentry’s jazzy tech noir “Broadcast Signal Intrusion” takes us down a rabbit hole. Home › Reviews › Jacob Gentry’s jazzy tech noir “Broadcast Signal Intrusion” takes us down a rabbit hole.
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