The West Edmonton Mall is the largest center in North America , a five - million - square - foot - waterslide - and - roller - coaster - fill alternate reality where Albertans can escape barbarous winters and mosquito - blurred summers . But in “ Waterpark , ” the directorial debut of Canadian filmmakerEvan Prosofsky , the promenade is mould as a position where good-tempered indoor humans expend their full lives being entertained .
“ I never seemed to adjust to the ridiculousness , ” Prosofsky tellsNOWNESS , who commission the film as part of their short pants on Sundays serial . “ Even as a kid , I just could n’t believe we had flamingo , submarines , tumbler coasters , and pirate ship in our shopping mall . ” Prosofsky ( who worked at the shopping mall as a adolescent ) spend three years shoot the footage , working during downtime at his job calculate medicine videos for bands like grime and Kurt Vile .
It ’s a startlingly beautiful spell of pic , chasten by an ominous soundtrack by Taiwanese - Canadian player Alex Zhang Hungtai ( akaDirty Beaches ) . “ I desire you to feel the humidity of the room , smell the atomic number 17 , hear the scream children , the intercommunication system announcements , the palm trees fuck up from the massive electric fans , and the waves rolling like the sea , ” Prosofsky explicate . “ For me , portray these pocket-sized details as accurately and as attractively as possible is the make or break of my film . ”
As someone with mildmall - induced anxiousness , I ’d wager that watching “ Waterpark ” is far more pleasant than actually call . It ’s enough to make you wonder why megamalls do n’t commission their own sizzle reels . Your move , Mall of America . [ NOWNESS ]
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