THE SPEAR OF DESTINY: A FILM FOR EVERYONE AND NO ONE
Director, Camera, Editor, Writer: James T. Hong
Year of Production: 2000-2004
Production format: 16mm film
Language: English
Length: 90 minutes
Synopsis: But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water. John 19:34-37
What happens when a silent antihero moves to San Francisco without a flower in his hair? He meets a roommate who possesses "The Spear of Destiny" which pierced the side of Jesus Christ and confers its owner mythical powers over human history.
A 3-act metaphysical hermeneutic treatment of San Francisco at the turn of the century, in the wake of the execrable dot-com explosion.
A no-budget San Francisco version of Wagner's Ring, after the death of God and the darkening of the world.
An antihero as hero.
An anti-narrative with a narrative.
An insane after-school special for the incorrigible.
A film for everyone and no one.
