Christmas on Mars (2008)

Directed by

Wayne Coyne

Genre

Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An astronaut on a Mars base experiences strange events around Christmas. The film follows his psychological journey as reality bends.

psychedelicsurrealwhimsicalatmosphericlo-filow-keybizarrecontemplative

What happens

Christmas on Mars is a 2008 independent psychological science fiction film from the alternative rock band the Flaming Lips, written and directed by the band's frontman, Wayne Coyne, and featuring the entire band in the cast, as well as many of their associates, including Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg, and Fred Armisen. The film began development in 2001, filming was completed in October 2005, and the film premiered on May 25, 2008 at the Sasquatch! Music Festival. For its general release in the United States, Christmas on Mars was booked into several dozen cities for unconventional screenings, in venues which included a former Ukrainian Socialist Social Club in New York City. The film was released in three different packages on November 11, 2008 through conventional retailers as well as through the band's website. A vinyl edition was released November 25, 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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