‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’ Due April 21
Dubbed the world’s first “Iranian Vampire Western,” the film is a joyful mash-up of genre and prolific influences spanning Spaghetti Westerns, graphic novels, horror films and the Iranian New Wave — comparisons have been made to Jarmusch, Lynch, Tarantino and Leone. The plot: In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire. Vitals: Director: Ana Lily Amirpour. Stars: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Dominic Rains, Mozhan Marno, Rome Shadanloo, Marshall Manesh, Milad Eghbali. The soundtrack features the Middle Eastern fusion beats of Bei Ru, the underground Iranian rock of Radio Tehran and Kiosk, and the Spaghetti Western-inspired tunes of Portland-based Federale. 2014, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 99 min., Horror, Box office gross: $.405 million, Kino Lorber. Extras: Deleted scenes, stills gallery, the official trailer, Q&A with director Amirpour hosted by Roger Corman at the Hammer Museum, exclusive booklet essay by Indiewire film critic Eric Kohn. Blu-ray adds behind-the-scenes documentary produced by Vice, a talk with director Amirpour and actress Sheila Vand, additional behind-the-scenes footage, collectible version of the first two issues of the comic book, written by Ana Lily Amirpour and drawn by Michael DeWeese, with an essay by Eric Kohn, being published by RADCO.
