‘Felt’ Red-Band Trailer: A Fantastic Fest Thriller Takes On Rape Culture
By Angie Han/May 27, 2015 4:00 pm EST
Sexual assault is a tricky subject to tackle, as the outcry over that Game of Thrones rape scene reminded us so very recently. Too often it’s treated like just another crazy twist, rather than a grim reality that millions of people have to live with every day. Thankfully, that’s not the case in Felt, Jason Banker’s character study-turned-thriller from Fantastic Fest 2014.
Starring and based on the experiences of Amy Everson, Felt follows an artist dealing with the fallout of sexual trauma in a most unusual way: by crafting grotesque costumed alter egos for herself. Her behavior alienates some of the people around her, but eventually she falls into a relationship with Kenny (Kentucker Audley). Watch the Felt red band trailer after the jump. (There’s also an all-ages version if you’re at work.) Here’s the red-band trailer:
Rape revenge movies aren’t terribly uncommon, but one of the things that makes Felt look so unusual is the way it deals with rape culture, not just a single, specific rape. “You’re constantly objectified, discredited, for anything you do, because you’re female,” Everson laments in the trailer. “Everything is qualified by the fact that you don’t have a dick.”
This green-band trailer has a lot of the same ideas, but it is a bit more restrained on the language front.
Felt arrives in theaters June 26, and will hit digital HD and VOD July 21. Amy is hanging on by a thread… Struggling to cope with past sexual trauma and the daily aggressions of a male-dominated society, she creates grotesquely costumed alter egos that re-appropriate the male form. While giving her the sense of power she craves, acting as these characters pushes her further into a world of her own making. When she begins a new relationship with a seemingly good guy, she opens herself up to him – but that vulnerability comes at a dangerous cost, and her alter egos threaten to lash out in explosive violence. Based on the real experiences and art of co-writer/star Amy Everson, Felt doesn’t just point a finger at rape culture; it takes a full on swing at it, creating a feminist psychological thriller that audiences will be hard-pressed to shake off.
‘Felt’ Red-Band Trailer: A Fantastic Fest Thriller Takes On Rape Culture
By Angie Han/May 27, 2015 4:00 pm EST
Sexual assault is a tricky subject to tackle, as the outcry over that Game of Thrones rape scene reminded us so very recently. Too often it’s treated like just another crazy twist, rather than a grim reality that millions of people have to live with every day. Thankfully, that’s not the case in Felt, Jason Banker’s character study-turned-thriller from Fantastic Fest 2014.
Starring and based on the experiences of Amy Everson, Felt follows an artist dealing with the fallout of sexual trauma in a most unusual way: by crafting grotesque costumed alter egos for herself. Her behavior alienates some of the people around her, but eventually she falls into a relationship with Kenny (Kentucker Audley). Watch the Felt red band trailer after the jump. (There’s also an all-ages version if you’re at work.) Here’s the red-band trailer:
Rape revenge movies aren’t terribly uncommon, but one of the things that makes Felt look so unusual is the way it deals with rape culture, not just a single, specific rape. “You’re constantly objectified, discredited, for anything you do, because you’re female,” Everson laments in the trailer. “Everything is qualified by the fact that you don’t have a dick.”
This green-band trailer has a lot of the same ideas, but it is a bit more restrained on the language front.
Felt arrives in theaters June 26, and will hit digital HD and VOD July 21. Amy is hanging on by a thread… Struggling to cope with past sexual trauma and the daily aggressions of a male-dominated society, she creates grotesquely costumed alter egos that re-appropriate the male form. While giving her the sense of power she craves, acting as these characters pushes her further into a world of her own making. When she begins a new relationship with a seemingly good guy, she opens herself up to him – but that vulnerability comes at a dangerous cost, and her alter egos threaten to lash out in explosive violence. Based on the real experiences and art of co-writer/star Amy Everson, Felt doesn’t just point a finger at rape culture; it takes a full on swing at it, creating a feminist psychological thriller that audiences will be hard-pressed to shake off.
Starring and based on the experiences of Amy Everson, Felt follows an artist dealing with the fallout of sexual trauma in a most unusual way: by crafting grotesque costumed alter egos for herself. Her behavior alienates some of the people around her, but eventually she falls into a relationship with Kenny (Kentucker Audley). Watch the Felt red band trailer after the jump. (There’s also an all-ages version if you’re at work.)
Here’s the red-band trailer:
Rape revenge movies aren’t terribly uncommon, but one of the things that makes Felt look so unusual is the way it deals with rape culture, not just a single, specific rape. “You’re constantly objectified, discredited, for anything you do, because you’re female,” Everson laments in the trailer. “Everything is qualified by the fact that you don’t have a dick.”
This green-band trailer has a lot of the same ideas, but it is a bit more restrained on the language front.
Felt arrives in theaters June 26, and will hit digital HD and VOD July 21.
Struggling to cope with past sexual trauma and the daily aggressions of a male-dominated society, she creates grotesquely costumed alter egos that re-appropriate the male form. While giving her the sense of power she craves, acting as these characters pushes her further into a world of her own making. When she begins a new relationship with a seemingly good guy, she opens herself up to him – but that vulnerability comes at a dangerous cost, and her alter egos threaten to lash out in explosive violence.
Based on the real experiences and art of co-writer/star Amy Everson, Felt doesn’t just point a finger at rape culture; it takes a full on swing at it, creating a feminist psychological thriller that audiences will be hard-pressed to shake off.
