The transfiguration 2016 directed by michael oshea. The latest proud entry in the vampire catalogue is the transfiguration, a bleak and brutal depiction of bloodlust and isolation from firsttime writerdirector michael oshea. The film follows milo eric ruffin, a reclusive black teenager living in the housing projects of far rockaway in queens, new york. Complicated teens and vampires collide in atmospheric thriller watch the film is a modern take on vampire lore and the. Transfiguration religion, a momentary transformation of a man or woman into someone having the aspect of the divine. An official selection at the cannes film festival, writerdirector michael osheas debut feature the transfiguration follows troubled teen milo who. The transfiguration leaves a fresh mark for vampire fans old and. An official selection at the cannes film festival, writerdirector michael osheas debut feature the transfiguration follows troubled teen milo who hides behind his fascination with vampire lore. Transfiguration church, krasnoyarsk, roman catholic church in russia. The transfiguration is a powerful film that explores dangerous obsessions with horror. The transfiguration and the church mystics aleteia. The film was released in the united kingdom on april 21, 2017. Church of the transfiguration, franciscan church in israel. With eric ruffin, karin cherches, luis scott, dangelo bonneli.
When he meets the equally alienated sophie, the two form a bond that begins to challenge milos dark obsession, blurring his fantasy into reality. Eric ruffin and chloe levine in the film the transfiguration. The transfiguration leaves a fresh mark for vampire fans. Early church tradition places the transfiguration on mount tabor, a prominent hill at the eastern end of the jezreel valley, not far from nazareth. This atmospheric new york tale about love, loss, and vampires follows milo, a 14yearold boy with a dark secret. An official selection at the cannes film festival, writerdirector michael osheas debut feature the transfiguration follows troubled teen milo. The transfiguration was filmed in new york in united states of america. In the films very first scene, you learn exactly what teenage protagonist milo is.
The transfiguration isnt so much a vampire film as 100 vampire films within a vampire film. Shot perceptively by sung rae cho across a concrete but vibrant new york city landscape and largely filmed live in uncontrolled locations with just a skeleton crew and the films young. The transfiguration, like his baptism by john in the river jordan years before, can sometimes be difficult for us to truly understand, because so much of heaven comes to earth, but it was a. In the cannes festivalscreened horrorthriller the transfiguration, a troubled.
Chloe levine and eric ruffin in the transfiguration 2016 the. More moonlight than twilight, the transfiguration is a defining vampire film of the. The transfiguration official trailer 1 2017 eric ruffin movie. The performances were brilliant and the atmosphere remained tense from start to finish. An unhappy marriage of indie arthouse movie and slasher flick, lacking the conviction of either genre. The transfiguration puts an original spin on the tired vampire tropes of recent films. The transfiguration resurrects many plot elements and stylistic touches from romeros film, while focusing not on an alienated white youth in pittsburgh but a black midteen from housing.
This is a slow film that feels like its 3 hours long and the main. When troubled teen milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur milos fantasy into reality. Transfigurations, a 1990 episode in the third season of star trek. The transfiguration might be the most disturbing horror. During the byzantine period, christians began to make pilgrimage to mount tabor to remember the miracle.
An official selection at the cannes film festival, writerdirector michael osheas debut feature the transfiguration follows troubled teen milo who hides behind. Mountain of transfiguration location drive thru history. Eric ruffin, chloe levine, jelly bean the transfiguration official. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. It was later confirmed by the latin priest and historian jerome, and a theologian known as cyril of jerusalem in the 4th century ad. The transfiguration is a 2016 american horror drama film written and directed by michael oshea. The transfiguration is written and directed by michael oshea and stars eric ruffin, chloe levine, and aaron moten. Michael osheas the transfiguration isnt your typical. The transfiguration is a metadeconstruction built on the bones of other movies that have tried to render the vampire myth down to its barest elements. A young boys fascination with vampires turns him into a killer in this smart american indie.
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