No./15
The crazy creatures of Strawberry Mansion
The filmmakers of the year’s quirkiest sci-fi on making their dreams (and nightmares) a reality
IMAGINE A CROSS between Michel Gondry, David Lynch and The Mighty Boosh, and you’re somewhere close to Strawberry Mansion, a hugely imaginative new indie sci-fi from co-writers and co-directors Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley. Audley also stars as James Preble, a government agent who audits dreams — joined by an ensemble cast of bizarre beastly bit-players, both dreamy and nightmarish. Here, the filmmakers explain three of their favourite phantasmagorical creations.