Now comes their most high-profile release yet, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which has just opened the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The great news is that this is another immensely mesmeric and evocative piece of filmmaking, one that further cements Schoenbrun as one of the most exciting directors to emerge this decade.
Our introduction to this fictional franchise comes via an amusing montage over the opening titles, where we learn of the initial success of the series, a number of subsequent tie-ins including board games and arcade games, a slew of sequels with increasingly hostile reviews, an eventual reclamation from a younger generation of internet-age fans and – ultimately – news of a reboot.
This actress, we are told, has more than a shade of Sunset Boulevard's Norma Desmond to her, currently residing at the sleepaway camp used as the set of the original film. It doesn’t take long before we realise she’s something of an eccentric – and Anderson is clearly enjoying herself in what is a captivating role.
But as their relationship grows, becoming steadily more intimate, there are fascinating discussions to be had about art, identity, sexuality, desire and otherness – with the exact destination the film arrives at best left as unspoiled as possible before watching.
In many ways, Camp Miasma can be seen as a companion piece to Schoenbrun’s previous effort. Both are often unnerving, deeply personal, soul-searching works that use a mixture of fantasy and reality to explore similar themes, including the power of art (even art which may sometimes be considered lowbrow) to transform people who feel a deep sense of alienation.
View oEmbed on the source websiteBut while Camp Miasma includes moments of the melancholy atmosphere that defined TV Glow, this is – on the whole – a more tonally upbeat film, complete with generous lashings of humour. One of the funniest scenes involves a bunch of glib studio executives who simply don’t get Einbinder’s new vision for the Camp Miasma franchise – a bunch of corporate suits whose plan for the reboot is not born from some life-altering relationship to the originals but out of a wish to commodify them for a quick cash grab. In this Hollywood world of reboots and remakes, that certainly strikes a chord.
Rather, it's an endlessly engaging and often very funny film equipped with arresting imagery, gorgeous design (including some beautiful matte paintings) and no shortage of gleeful gore. Or to put it another way, this is another instant cult classic from Schoenbrun, and it's already fascinating to ponder what they might do next.
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