A movie screening of the film 'Dead Lover' presented by the Hyperreal Film Club in an immersive pop-up environment.
Hyperreal Film Club is screening DEAD LOVER at their Discovery Zone on Monday, August 24, at 301 Chicon Street in Austin. It's part of their ongoing project to bring cinema into unusual, immersive pop-up environments rather than a standard theater seat, and this one centers on a movie that fits that mood.
DEAD LOVER follows a lonely gravedigger whose dream man tragically drowns at sea, leaving behind nothing but a severed finger. She goes to morbid lengths to bring him back through madcap scientific experiments, with grave consequences and an unlikely love in the aftermath. It's a story that leans into the macabre and the absurd, and it's exactly the kind of thing that works when you're watching it in a space that's been built around the film rather than just a blank screen.
Hyperreal Film Club describes itself as an Austin project that creates movie-watching experiences in unusual, thoughtful and immersive pop-up environments while amplifying local artists. That's the context for the Discovery Zone: it's not just a screening, but a curated environment designed to wrap around the movie. If you've been following their work, you know they tend to treat the room as part of the program.
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The screening is on Monday, August 24, with the film starting at 7:30 PM and doors opening at 7:00 PM. You'll find them at 301 Chicon Street, 78702.
