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Desert Cathedral

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Desert Cathedral
Directed byTravis Gutiérrez Senger
Written byTravis Gutiérrez Senger
Produced byMichael J. Mouncer
Chip Hourihan
Travis Gutiérrez Senger
StarringLee Tergesen
Chaske Spencer
Petra Wright
CinematographyMichael Ragen
Edited byMarc Vives and Oriana Soddu
Music byDanny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans
Distributed byRandom Media
Release date
  • May 14, 2014 (2014-05-14) (Seattle)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Desert Cathedral is a 2014 drama written, produced and directed by Travis Gutiérrez Senger.[1] The film stars Lee Tergesen and Chaske Spencer, and won awards at festivals in New York, Manchester, and Naples.[2][3][4] Utilizing found footage in a dramatic narrative, the film follows a broken real estate developer (Tergesen) who mysteriously disappears into the Southwest in 1992, leaving behind a series of VHS tapes to his employer and family.[5]

Release

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The film was released theatrically by Random Media and The Orchard on September 27, 2016.[6]

Reception

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Film critic, Eric Lavallee, describes the film as a "bone-chilling... hybrid".[7] Tergesen's performance especially has been praised by film critics.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Travis Gutiérrez Senger". IonCinema. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ^ "New York Domani Vision Fest Award Winners". New York Vision Festival. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Manchester Film Festival 2014 Award Winners". Manchester Film Festival. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. ^ "NIFF 2014 Winners". Naples International Film Festival. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Exclusive: Teaser Trailer For Dramatic Mystery 'Desert Cathedral' Wants You To Pick Up The Phone". Indiewire. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Desert Cathedral". Unseen Films. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Ion Cinema 2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Travis Gutiérrez Senger's Desert Cathedral (First Look!)". Ioncinema. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  8. ^ ""Desert Cathedral": Avant-Garde filmmaking at it's [sic] most fascinating". The Movie Blog. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Travis Gutiérrez Senger's Desert Cathedral". The Entertainment Report. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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