Coherence: A Dinner Party and a Fracturing Universe

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

There is a whole tradition of science fiction built on a single, terrifying idea and almost no money, and Coherence belongs near the top of it. James Ward Byrkit’s 2013 debut was shot over five nights in his own house, on a domestic camera, with a cast of eight actors who were never given a full script. It cost a rumoured fifty thousand dollars, most of which is invisible on screen because the film is set entirely at a dinner party. What Byrkit spends instead is dread, doled out with the patience of a man who knows exactly how little he needs to show you.

James Ward Byrkit - vo.rs

Coherence: A Dinner Party and a Fracturing Universe