This week Nona and myself head out on a text based adventure to the land of Obex
Set in 1987 and shot in monochrome, OBEX is a surreal lo-fi fantasy adventure with a cautionary tale about living life through a screen. The world premiere took place at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival where IndieWire called it “Eraserhead meets The Legend of Zelda.”
Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy disappears, the line between reality and gaming blurs, and Conor must enter the world of OBEX to save her.
OBEX is a fantasy-adventure feature from the creative-mind of Albert Birney; writer and director of Strawberry Mansion (2021). Co-written by Pete Ohs (Erupcja), it stars Birney alongside Callie Hernandez (Jethica) and Frank Mosley (Rent Free).
The score was recorded by Josh Dibb, founding member of experimental rock band Animal Collective.
NonaGoff for Nona stuff
TotalCultZone.com for the Total Cult Zine
FKinghello@Gmail.com - To Direct message without that social media guff
Patty Ron Buy me a coffee get access to the super secret Total Cult Club, includes uncut episodes and occasional bonus pods with cats
Music;
Tatami: Midnight Drive
Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/midnight-drive
License code: I27A9WQID9MEZUKO
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