Ooooo...talk about synchronicity.....
During my month long hiatus (sorry about that by the way) I watched "The Mothman Prophecies" with Richard Gere finally.
Okay, it's very different from the book, but it was interesting just the same.
Well today I find out that there is a new documentary called "Dark Wings: The Mothman Chronicle", directed by Charles McCracken.
In the documentary, they recreate the Mothman using CGI.
You can see a lot more about the film at their website here:
http://www.blackriverfilms.com/
And you can see the trailer here:
Dark Wings - The Mothman Chronicle Trailer
Mothman has interested me since I first read about him back in the 70s in John Keel's book.
Keel has some interesting theories on paranormal phenomena and I really enjoyed the book.
I may not agree with everything, but I always like contrasting opinions.
One thing I find interesting is that Point Pleasant isn't the only place Mothman has allegedly turned up.
There were even reports of a similar creature before the Chernobyl disaster.
And there have been reports that a Mothman like creature was seen in Mexico before the outbreak of the Swine Flu.
And I have seen at least one theory that the creature is really the Garuda, a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.
The book's original title was "The Year of the Garuda".
My name is Travis Shortt and I am one of two producers on the Dark Wings documentary. The film will premiere at this year's Mothman Festival on Thursday, September 17 at 8 PM in Point Pleasant, WV. A limited number of advance DVD copies will be available during the festival. The DVD will be available to the general public on Tuesday 9/22/09. For more information visit www.blackriverfilms.com
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the info Travis and thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteFeel free to add anything about the film you would like.