1981 REGRESSIONISTS
Director Daniel Ducheck
Countries Canada
Duration 76 min
Synopsis
Philip and Daniel are childhood friends. Both born in 1981, they discover the liberating power of alcohol at around 15. While intoxicated, they create music and movies; sessions that they refer to as 'regressions'. By 26, Philip is a full-blown alcoholic. To help, Daniel suggests a 40-day and 40-night pilgrimage in Spain. Stone. Cold. Sober. Interwoven with clips from their early 'works', 1981 Regressionists is a lofi-epic, meta-documentary that chronicles their cathartic and existential voyage, keeps tabs on a remarkable tale of male friendship, and questions the 'what is' of creativity as the friends encounter their ultimate 'regression'.
Philip and Daniel are childhood friends. Both born in 1981, they discover the liberating power of alcohol at around 15. While intoxicated, they create music and movies; sessions that they refer to as 'regressions'. By 26, Philip is a full-blown alcoholic. To help, Daniel suggests a 40-day and 40-night pilgrimage in Spain. Stone. Cold. Sober. Interwoven with clips from their early 'works', 1981 Regressionists is a lofi-epic, meta-documentary that chronicles their cathartic and existential voyage, keeps tabs on a remarkable tale of male friendship, and questions the 'what is' of creativity as the friends encounter their ultimate 'regression'.