HAPPER’S COMET
HAPPER’S COMET
TYLER TAORMINA, 2022
Catalog No.: FTF-135
Length: 62 minutes
Following his acclaimed debut HAM ON RYE, Tyler Taormina’s hypnotic follow-up is a midnight mosaic that reveals a suburban town steeped in alienation. It’s the middle of the night, but things are far from quiet; as the camera peers into the late-night happenings of various residents, we witness a number of them quietly escape into the dark... on rollerblades. Drawing on 1960’s European art cinema and 1990’s kid’s TV in equal measure, HAPPER'S COMET presents striking individual vignettes that unfurl like a collective dream. Mesmerizing and meditative, the film solidifies Taormina’s gift for transforming everyday banality into uncanny cinema.
Directed by Tyler Taormina
Written by Tyler Taormina
Produced by Calogero Carucci, The Taorminas, Jordan Rebolini
Cinematography by: Jesse Sperling
Edited by Tyler Taormina
Post Supervising by Kevin Anton
Poster by Ricky D'Ambrose
Cast: Grace Berlino, Michael Gugliamo, Jax Terry, Brendan Burt, Brandon Cassanova, Brianna Taormina, Christopher Maggio, Steve Plati, Ryan McGlade and Jenna Scalici
Festivals: Berlin International Film Festival, BAFICI, Champs-Élysées Film Festival, BAMCinemafest
PURCHASE
WATCH THE FILM
June 16-22, 2023
BAM Cinema, Brooklyn, NY info
June 30-31, 2023
Stray Cat Film Center, Kansas City, MO info
FESTIVALS
February 13-19, 2022
Berlin Film Festival, Berlin, Germany info
April 20-May 1, 2022
BAFICI, Buenos Aries, Argentina info
June 21-28th, 2022
Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Paris, France info
June 29th, 2022
BAMcinemafest, Brooklyn, New York info
PRESS
“Has a distinct way of viewing the world. Highly Experimental.”
-Ben Kenigsburg, The New York Times
“Consistently fascinating and intellectually rewarding.”
-Joel Copling, Spectrum Culture
“A shared dream you’ll want to share with others.”
-David Mouriquand, Exberliner
“Hypnotic. Compelling. Beautifully shot.”
-Rory O'Connor, The Film Stage
“Taormina’s film keys us to an almost primordial rhythm exempt from routine or history.”
-William Repass, Slant Magazine
“A deeply beautiful piece of work. Suburban milieu rendered otherworldly and ghostly.”
-Daniel Gorman, In Review Online
“Daring in concept and form, eschewing anything close to a traditional narrative but nonetheless maintaining our interest through its sheer originality, which at times recalls the work of David Lynch.”
-Jordan Mintzer, The Film Verdict