Darkon (2006)
- Directed by
- Andrew Neel
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A documentary follows members of a live-action role-playing club in Baltimore. It shows how they prepare for and participate in fantasy battles, and explores their reasons for playing.
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What happens
Darkon is a 2006 American documentary film that follows the real-life adventures of the Darkon Wargaming Club in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of fantasy live-action role-playing (LARP) gamers. The film was directed by Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer, who engaged in a collaborative process with the role-players of the Darkon Wargaming Club as they made the documentary. Meyer and Neel began filming for the documentary in 2003. Darkon premiered and won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Darkon was an official selection playing at Hot Docs, Maryland Film Festival, Silverdocs, LA Film Festival, Britdoc, Melbourne International Film Festival and the Camden International Film Festival. The film was produced by Ovie Entertainment and SeeThink Films. The documentary served as inspiration for the 2008 comedy film Role Models. John Hodgman was also hired to write a scripted film adaptation of Darkon. However, plans fell through, but an excerpt of the unproduced screenplay was read on his podcast Judge John Hodgman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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