Everyone probably knows the feeling when a (TV) series seems to replace your own life with its fascinating pull. This phenomenon has probably never been portrayed in a film as radically and groundbreakingly as in Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow.
You can get an impression of it with the first trailer brilliant mix of genres which has already caused pure enthusiasm at festival premieres.
You can watch the trailer for I Saw the TV Glow here:
I Saw The TV Glow – Trailer (English) HD
Horror nightmare about serial addiction and questions of identity: That’s what I Saw the TV Glow is about
In the plot of Jane Schoenbrun’s film, teenagers Owen (Justice Smith) and Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine) become friends in the 90s because they both love a strange television series. “The Pink Opaque” is a mystery fantasy adventure in which two young women with supernatural powers fight against evil. The series soon captivates both of them so much that… Reality and fiction in an exhilarating mindfuck mix.
I Saw the TV Glow screened at this year’s Berlinale and received enthusiastic reactions. In the Filmstarts review, which awards 5 out of 5 stars, another special level of the film is also discussed:
For 16-year-olds, pop culture can be anything, a tool, an object of seduction that offers you new opportunities to look at something like your own identity and sexuality, but that can also explain to you that this identity does not have to be something fixed or lockable.
I was also able to watch I Saw the TV Glow at the Berlinale and I can only advise everyone to make a note of the film. Jane Schoenbrun has created an incredibly loving, detailed homage to the 90s. It will also delight anyone who only knows the 90s through clumsy Netflix nostalgia like Stranger Things or Fear Street – Part 1: 1994.
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Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine in I Saw the TV Glow
However, the film does not limit itself to simple references, but rather delves deeply into its own, original mythology. Identity confusion, youthful feelings and disturbing obsessions grow into a tornado of intoxicating and disturbing impressions.
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When does I Saw the TV Glow start in cinemas?
Jane Schoenbrun’s film will be released in cinemas in the USA on May 3rd. Unfortunately, a German cinema release has not yet been confirmed.