Meridian (2016)

Directed by

Curtis Clark

Genre

mystery, science fiction

Country

United States

Runtime

12 min

Rated

PG

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1940s Los Angeles, detectives look into the disappearances of three men. The film uses challenging visual elements like smoke and rain for technical testing purposes.

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What happens

Meridian is a 2016 film noir thriller film directed by Curtis Clark and written by Clark and James Harmon Brown. The film stars Kevin Kilner, Reid Scott, and Elyse Levesque, and focuses on detectives investigating the disappearances of three men in 1940s Los Angeles. It was released on Netflix and Xiph.org in September 2016. While Meridian was given an official release, the film serves primarily as testing material for video codecs and 4K streaming quality. The film incorporates material that is difficult to stream, such as smoke, rain and harsh lighting. It was released under a Creative Commons license so that other streaming services and technology reviewers may use it for their own tests. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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