Reflections of Evil (2002)

Director:

Damon Packard

Writer:

Damon Packard (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Horror

Plot:

Julie, who died of a PCP overdose as a teen in the early '70s, searches from beyond the ethers for her little brother, Bob, an obese watch-seller, who is dying of sucrose intolerance, in the early '90s. |

Plot Keywords:

PCP | Lost Child | Psychedelic | Vomit | Amusement Park

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Damon Packard	...	Bob
Nicole Vanderhoff	...	Julie
Beverly Miller	...	Mom
Dean Spunt	...	Young Steven Spielberg
Chad Nelson	...	The Golden Guru / Interdimensional Street Fiend in Trench Coat / Taffy Lewis, successful watch seller
Lana Turner	...	Tracy Carlyle Hastings (archive footage)
Tony Curtis	...	Host
Joey Heatherton	...	Serta Spokeswoman
George Hamilton	...	Duncan Carlyle
Josue Clement	...	Quinn Martin Jr.
Tim Colceri	...	Vietnam War Hero
Elliott Joseph Brakeman	...	Young Bobby
Greg Bajakian	...	Charlie Hestons
Harold Hirsch
Sam Burger
Pernell M. Richards
Turhann McGuire
Rando Thomas		(as Randy Thomas)
Alicia McCutcheon
Kelly Chambers
Mageina Tovah
Anne Ford
Chuck Hawksworth
David Heim
Olaf Winter
Ralph Ford
Charles Ford
Chet Nowak
Royce Hall
Beth Shea
Sonya Joy Sims		(as Sonja Joy Sims)
Shannon Trainor
Paul Trainor
Lenka Carr
Desi O'Brian
Rob Don
Jim Rodriguez
Kathy Pitts
Joe Nixon
Darren Gannon
Paul Woolsley
James Blake
Ramona Reposa
Mignon Lewis
Lala Anselmo
Kristophe Malone
Amazon Beard
Pockets Olsen
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself (Pookie Ride Narrator) (archive footage)
David Duke
Anne Brakeman
Mitsukuki Oishi
Kip Timmons
Jim Pursell
Don A. Mater
Fredrick Marx		(as Fred Marx)
'Raff'	...	Real LAPD Officer
Pavel
Frank Chavez
Fernando 'Wolf' Arvayo
Roman Harris
Oswald Robinson
Royce Delmarari
Matthew Trainor
Sara Anderson
Pat Anderson
Romeo Johnson	...	(voice)
Jewel Richardson	...	(voice)
Jeanine Richardson	...	(voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Patrick Kennedy	...	Yuppy 'Chemtrails Documentary'
Sage Stallone	...	Dan August
John Ashcroft	...	Himself (commenting on 9 / 11 terrorism) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ralph Fiennes	...	Amon Goeth (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mick Jagger	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elizabeth Montgomery	...	Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
Liam Neeson	...	Oskar Schindler (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick York	...	Darrin Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Damon Packard

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Damon Packard		writer

Produced by
Damon Packard	....	producer

Cinematography by
Damon Packard

Makeup Department
Michele Fawcett	....	special makeup effects artist

Art Department
Eduardo Arroyo	....	additional graphics (as Ed Arroyo)
Joshue Del Toro	....	additional graphics
Phil Guye	....	additional graphics (as Phillip Guye)
Paul Trainor	....	additional graphics

Special Effects by
Eduardo Arroyo	....	special effects (as Ed Arroyo)
Wayne Beauchamp	....	pyrotechnics
Joshue Del Toro	....	special effects
Phil Guye	....	special effects
Kelly Mann	....	Universal 1971 models and miniatures
Brian McFadden	....	Universal 1971 models and miniatures
Paul Trainor	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Kaufman	....	house lighting: Thunder Grip & Lighting
Bill Kendzierski	....	assistant camera (as Bill Kendziers)
Brad Long	....	assistant camera
Anthony Miele	....	assistant camera
Paul Naylor	....	assistant camera
Chad Nelson	....	assistant camera
Dan Rice	....	assistant camera
Mike Rosenberg	....	assistant camera

Music Department
Wendy Carlos	....	music arranger: Rossini pieces
Wendy Carlos	....	musician: Rossini pieces

Other crew
Lenka Carr	....	production assistant
Stephen Dane	....	vintage cars provided by
Darren Gannon	....	vintage cars provided by
Rick Golden	....	vintage cars provided by
Ed Hanell	....	vintage cars provided by
Mark Headly	....	production insurance
Manuel	....	vintage cars provided by
Baron Mosely	....	house location courtesy of
Lenci Ordaz	....	production assistant
Pavel	....	production assistant
Dan Rice	....	production assistant
Jennifer Roschak	....	production assistant
Myra Slotnick	....	vintage cars provided by
Soonja Suyen	....	house location courtesy of
Richard Thomas	....	vintage cars provided by
Michelle White	....	production assistant
Tommy Wilson-O'Brien	....	location scout
Al Zequiera	....	production assistant

Thanks
Catrina Mann	....	special thanks: Universal Studios
Peter	....	special thanks: Prime Casting in Hollywood

Production Companies

• Pollock Trust Fund
• Pookie Films

Distributors

• BijouFlix Releasing (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Pookie Films

Other Companies

• Alex's Watch Chop of Downtown  special thanks
• Apple/Final Cut Pro  post-production realized on
• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  post-production
• FotoKem Laboratory  post-production
• Lucasfilm  24-bit digital surround sound
• Martin's  vintage cars provided by
• New Vision Productions  production insurance
• Prime Casting  special thanks
• Red Navel Filmworks  post-production
• Six Flags Magic Mountain's Funnel Cake  special thanks
• Thunder Grip & Lighting  house lighting provided by
• Universal Studios  props
• Universal Studios  special thanks
• Yale Film & Video  telecine transfers

Runtime:

138 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White | Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:Unrated (special edition)

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Pollock Trust Fund

Trivia:

According to the director, Damon Packard himself, the extended vomit scene found early on in the film wasn't his idea, and put in against his wishes. The quote found on YouTube says: "studio made me shoot that, they felt a mega-vomit sequence would make it more marketable, especially for the vomit crowd. I didn't want that in and did it under protest."

Movie Connections:

Features Dawn of an Evil Millennium (1988)

Weird and random

I've heard of going outside the lines. This bizarre film goes outside the known universe.

The whole thing plays out like a psychotic episode. In washed out cheap film, we witness a sick obese man who wears many layers of clothing like he's homeless, (but he's not) suffering from a life threatening eating disorder making him eat like he's always feeling starved, who wanders around Hollywood, peddles watches, yelling at anybody he sees. He hobbles around like a beached whale, and frequently cracks his skull on the pavement. He's middle aged, but still lives with his nagging mother. Are we to laugh at him? Pity him? Hate him? Who knows?

Whereas an art house director partially assembles a jig saw puzzle for you and gives you the remaining pieces to figure out the meaning, this director just takes the jig saw pieces and throws them all over the place, landing anywhere they might, some lost forever. The "non-structure" structure is taken too far, and becomes a nuisance. It was actually entertaining to see old footage of some vintage 1971 TV programming, and I wonder how he found all this stuff. It jumps on to the screen at spasmodic intervals. The obese guy's late sister pops in occasionally going OD with hippies or dancing around in an angel dress. Vignettes mock Steven Spielberg and Universal Studios. The director makes a caricature of himself as the deranged obese guy. There is some attempt to attack the movie industry, and bash people who just vacantly stare at whatever is on TV; an apathetic couple watches the Movie of the Week (in 1971) while outside their house, the heavy guy (in 2002 ?!?!) yells and pukes.

Nothing fits together. How all this relates to the eating disorder or the hippies and drug overdose victim is anybody's guess. A lot of it looks like a couple of guys with cameras wandered through Hollywood, and filmed anything they saw: helicopters, birds, posters advertising a Sandra Bullock movie, and mentally ill people. Apparently the film was meant to say something about disturbed people and their eccentric behavior, but does it mean-spiritedly and poorly. The value of viewing this is solely for the curious novelty of how odd it is. Nothing more.