ted k
A bracing, cinematic journey into the tortured mind of The Unabomber.
Based on Ted Kaczynski’s diaries and writings, Tony Stone’s film is a kaleidoscopic true crime journey into the life of one of America’s most complex and eccentric killers. It features a tour-de-force performance from Sharlto Copley who portrays the complexity of this unique outsider, raging at the forces of both the inescapable technological society that plagues him and his own inner demons.
DIRECTOR: Tony Stone
STARRING: Sharlto Copley, Drew Powell, Amber Rose Mason
Berlinale World Premiere
★★★★ The Guardian
NEON Rated Presents
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Since 2017, the most highly anticipated promotional item among film critics has been the Neon box set, a gorgeous annual package containing all the indie distributor’s releases on individual DVDs. In an era when impersonal screener links are ubiquitous, the Neon box feels artisanal, exclusive, classy and tangible. This year-end package includes Ted K, Triangle of Sadness, Moonage Daydream, and nine other releases from Neon’s 2022 calendar.
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TED K ORIGINAL SCORE ON VINYL
Ted Kaczynski is notorious for both tragically murdering three people (and wounding an additional 22) via bombs sent in the mail and for his numerous writings on the evils of technology he composed during his primitive residency in the woods of Montana. Stone’s choice to have the renowned electronic artist Blanck Mass score the film is somewhat ironic and creates an obvious tension perfect for the controversial and complex subject matter.
Ted K is an eerily plausible and unsettlingly mesmeric realisation of the inner world of Ted Kaczynski: that is, the private life of the “Unabomber”, America’s most notorious domestic terrorist who, working largely from his primitive cabin in the Montana wilderness, killed three people and injured 22 more in a mail-bombing campaign lasting from 1978 to 1995, ostensibly in pursuit of an eco-fundamentalist crusade against all modern technology.