In July and August of 2019, cast and crew worked in the Hudson Valley on Noah Hutton’s narrative feature debut, Lapsis. Over 25 days, the production filmed in 18 different locations, mostly around Patterson, in Putnam County, and also Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County.
On February 12, Lapsis will be available for streaming on multiple platforms including iTunes, Amazon Prime and through local movie theaters including the Jacob Burns Film Center, which will also hold a special Q&A screening on March 9.
To mark the premiere, the Hudson Valley Film Commission recruited filmmaker Jeremiah Wenutu to interview Noah about the making of the film. The 17 minute interview covers a lot of ground and can be streamed below or at https://vimeo.com/507963403
For details and streaming links, visit https://www.lapsisfilm.com/how-to-watch
Noah Hutton wrote, directed, scored, and edited Lapsis. The film premiered in the narrative feature competition at SXSW 2020. The film, which is set in a parallel present, follows delivery man Ray Tincelli, who is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. After a series of two-bit hustles and unsuccessful swindles, Ray takes a job in a strange new realm of the gig economy: trekking deep into the forest, pulling cable over miles of terrain to connect large, metal cubes that link together the new quantum trading market. As he gets pulled deeper into the zone, he encounters growing hostility and the threat of robot cablers, and must choose to either help his fellow workers or to get rich and get out.
Exceptional reviews have lauded the film and Hutton was recently nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay..
“CULT STATUS IS ASSURED.” – VARIETY
"A SMART, CLASS-CONSCIOUS SCI-FI PARABLE." – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“HUTTON’S WORLD-BUILDING TAKES FLIGHT.” – INDIEWIRE
“WITTY, ASTUTE, PERFECTLY ABSURD.” – AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Noah Hutton also recently premiered the documentary IN SILICO, a 10-year quest to chronicle the birth of simulated consciousness. Stay tuned for streaming info.
The Hudson Valley Film Commission is a 501c3 non profit organization that helps productions secure local crew, cast, locations, vendors, post production facilities, and more.
SELECT Hudson Valley productions:
To view full list or to stream regional films, visit www.hudsonvalleyfilmcommission.org/streamfest
Old Man • The Hating Game • The Green Veil • Linoleum • The Sixth Reel • Diaries of an Exchange Student • Werewolves Within (Ubisoft Film) • Things Heard and Seen (Netflix) • Billions (Showtime) • Monsterland (Hulu) • Audrey • The Plot Against America (HBO) • Silent Retreat (Miramax) • Black Bear • Lapsis • Foxhole • The Undoing (HBO) • I Know This Much Is True (HBO)• Save Yourselves • I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Netflix) • Scare Me • A Quiet Place 2 (Paramount) • Can You Keep a Secret? (BCDF) • Panic (Amazon Prime) • High Maintenance (HBO) • Shirley (Killer Films) • Driveways • The Dead Don't Die (Focus Features) • Avengers: Endgame (Marvel Studios) • The Irishman (Netflix) • The Climb • Swallow • Skin • The Mountain • A Quiet Place (Paramount) • Fabled • Then Came You (BCDF) • Furlough • A Vigilante • Nancy • Diane • The Miseducation of Cameron Post • La Devotee by Panic at the Disco! • It Comes at Night • Super Dark Times • The Seagull • HAPPYish (Showtime) • The Ticket • Growing Up Smith • Cold in July • Katie Fforde Films • True Story • The Sisterhood of Night • The Better Angels • We Are What We Are • The Bourne Legacy • Frances Ha • Our Idiot Brother • First Winter • The Last Keepers (BCDF) • Francine • Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding • Martha Marcy May Marlene • Higher Ground • Rocksteady • Bitter Feast • Stake Land • Man on Wire • Taking Woodstock (Focus Features) • American Gangster (Imagine Entertainment) • Michael Clayton • The Human Footprint (National Geographic) • The Night Listener • Stephanie Daley • War of the Worlds (Dreamworks) • Down to the Bone • Personal Velocity • Prey
The Hudson Valley Film Commission is supported in part by Dutchess Tourism, Putnam County, Markertek, the Wood Dock Foundation and private support from kind donors.
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