"is a sprawling, hand-made cyberpunk ensemble film following detectives, streamers, pop stars, struggling families, corporate conspiracies and a rave-dancing hitman. Eschewing direct references to our world's online space, In the Glow of Darkness constructs a parallel reality of tech-run nightclubs, LAN party fraternities and a "meme-tripping" drug culture, where users get have their subconscious uploaded to a QR-code tramp stamp, which, when scanned, gives them euphoric hallucinations as well as sending AI-generated targeted ads directly to their brains."
"Tucker Bennett started making films at San Francisco Art Institute, where he and close collaborators Chris Corrente (who scored In the Glow of Darkness and Bennett's previous film, Planet Heaven) and Zach Shipko studied under the late, great pioneer of American underground cinema George Kuchar. While at SFAI, Bennett co-directed the VHS-shot "Why Are You Weird?", an awkward undergraduate dating comedy that the pair released for free in 10-minute increments on YouTube embedded onto the web art collective site JstChillin."
"Bennett would go on to make two more DIY films in the 2010s, Bloodrape and Candelabra, before he started working as an editor for Eugene Kotlyarenko on We Are and The Code.Riding the momentum he had after 2022's Planet Heaven-an update of Bennett and Shipko's characters from Why Are You Weird? which finds the pair at the Los Angelino intersection of tech and wellness by peddling a chakra app- In the Glow of Darkness is Bennett's fifth feature and best work yet."
In the Glow of Darkness is a sprawling, handmade cyberpunk ensemble following detectives, streamers, pop stars, struggling families, corporate conspiracies and a rave-dancing hitman. The film constructs a parallel reality of tech-run nightclubs, LAN party fraternities and a 'meme-tripping' drug culture where users upload their subconscious to a QR-code tramp stamp that, when scanned, produces euphoric hallucinations and delivers AI-generated targeted ads to the brain. Chris Corrente scored the film. Tucker Bennett began filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute and collaborated with Corrente and Zach Shipko, studying under George Kuchar. Bennett's earlier works include Why Are You Weird?, Planet Heaven, Bloodrape and Candelabra. In the Glow of Darkness is Bennett's fifth feature.
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