Kill the Moonlight (film)

The 16mm feature film, Kill the Moonlight, completed in 1991, is an unconventional comedy about a loser stock car racer. It starts normal enough, like a low budget drive-in movie from the 70s, but as the film unfolds, the main character starts to unravel in strange ways when he is contaminated by toxic waste. At the same time, the plot of the film disintegrates and scenes start to go out of sync, and the picture goes upside down and backwards at times, sort of like a folk song turning into an experimental noise jam. Two of the film's characters are sampled in Beck's hit song "Loser". The film was unprinted and seen by very few until 1994 when it premiered at the Rome Italy Film Festival.

Kill the Moonlight
Directed bySteve Hanft
Written bySteve Hanft
Produced bySteve Hanft
StarringThomas Hendrix
Ross Harris
CinematographySteve Hanft
Edited bySteve Hanft
Distributed byPlexifilm
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

A stock car racer blows a rod and his car catches fire. To raise money to get back into the game he works as fish hatchery worker, toxic waste cleaner, drug peddler and thief. Director Steve Hanft, captures the ridiculous life of a complete and total loser in slices of life as his surreal illegal days unfold in a different kind of narrative that casually leaves out plot and resolution.

Cast
  • Thomas Hendrix as Chance
  • Maria Hassabi as Sandra
  • Ross Harris as Ross
  • Richmond Arquette as Sandra's boyfriend
  • Jaime Colindrez as Jaime
  • Beata Henrichs as Cindy
  • Ralston Regan as Chance's father
  • Eddie Ruscha as Surf bassist

Soundtrack

First issued by Sympathy for the Record Industry in 1997, the out of print soundtrack to Kill The Moonlight was reissued with the Plexifilm DVD release, this time including tracks from Beck and Steve Hanft's band Loser.

  • Beck - "Leave Me On The Moon"
  • The Pussywillows - "Vindaloo"
  • The Dynamics - "Tube Glory"
  • The Raunch Hands - "Green Room"
  • Pam Aronoff - "TV Jazz"
  • Go To Blazes - "Hating You"
  • Loser - "Born Of Whiskey"
  • Beck - "Last Night I Traded My Soul's Innermost for Some Pickled Fish"
  • Delta Garage - "Blue Eyes"
  • Thomas Hendrix - "Kill The Moonlight Sample"
  • The World Famous Blue Jays - "Cookin' With Jay"
  • Go To Blazes - "Bad Cup of Coffee"
  • Beck - "Underwater Music"
  • Loser - "Dad Came Home"
  • Martha Atwell - "Wildwood Flower"
  • Thomas Hendrix - "Can't Find My Car"
  • Pam Aronoff - "Clear"
  • Loser - "Fish Bait"
  • The Dynamics - "Spaghetti Ride"
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