“A stop-motion masterpiece over 7 years in the making…Stop what you’re doing and watch this beautiful passion project.” –Polygon

Produced over the course of seven years by self-taught filmmaker Takahide Hori, JUNK HEAD is a lovingly crafted, painstakingly animated stop-motion sci-fi triumph that rivals Phil Tippett’s Mad God for sheer awe-inducing passion. Drawing on his professional experience as a theme park interior decorator and carpenter, Hori sculpted dozens of characters and elaborate sets by hand, producing an immersively funky vision of a distant future in which a mysterious virus has wiped out much of humanity. A cyborg explorer volunteers to study the unique reproductive system of the Marigans — artificial humans created centuries ago who live in the bowels of the planet — as part of a last-ditch effort to save humanity. Unfortunately, the cyborg’s craft is damaged mid-descent, injuring the pilot and destroying their body — save for their head. With no memory of their prior life, the cyborg must navigate the wondrous and terrifying underworld in search of not only their own identity, but an answer to the question of humanity’s imminent future. Fresh, funny, and fast-paced, JUNK HEAD is a still largely unknown modern classic waiting to find its cult.

This film as screening as part of Arkadin’s January-long spotlight on DYSTOPIAN VISIONS, chilling peeks into humanity’s doomed future.

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