THE CIVIL DEAD slacker supernatural comedy - Q&A w/director-star Clay Tatum

3405 Central NE,Albuquerque NM 87106

07 March, 2023

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BONUS! Special post-screening zoom Q&A/talk with director Clay Tatum on opening Tuesday March 7 night! From the lifelong friends Clay Tatum & Whitmer Thomas of Gulf Shores, Alabama who have been making projects together — from skateboarding videos to an HBO special — since grade school." comes their Slamdance Award winner micro-Budget Supernatural Slacker Comedy! Clay is a loner photographer who enjoys a mundane life with his artist wife Whitney in Los Angeles. Whitney advises Clay, who has been creatively stagnant and unemployed for months, to go out and be productive while she’s out of town and not to “just lay in the living room and drink beer”. While taking photos out in a park, Clay happens upon his long-lost friend, Whit. After a night of catching up, Whit discloses an unsettling secret to Clay, which puts a strain on his marriage and causes him to question his own sanity. "A low-key different kind of buddy comedy, that's oddly affecting." - Dennis Schwartz, Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews "The movie’s premise is clever; but what really makes it work is that these two use this ghost schtick as a way to examine the ways that friendship can be a hassle." - Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times "A sweet little movie that's surprisingly touching." - Peter Rainer, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) "Provides a refreshing take on the supernatural buddy comedy formula via a contemporary mumblecore lens." - Rendy Jones, Rendy Reviews "Breezily funny yet also melancholic and cruel, The Civil Dead is not only a paranormal parable of friendship’s prisonhouse, but also an allegory of Clay’s creative process..." - Anton Bitel, Projected Figures "Both Tatum and Whitmer keep the humor directed at themselves, showing they make for a fun comedic team. Their ability to land visual and verbal humor is wildly underrated." - Alan French, Sunshine State Cineplex Dir. Clay Tatum - 2023 - 104m - NO MATINEES