Steven Soderbergh to Produce THE VANDAL about a Man Who Gets a Lobotomy

Director Steven Soderbergh is set to executive produce a feature-length adaptation of a short film titled The Vandal. The short comes from director Eddie Alcazar and it stars Bill Duke (Mandy, Predator). It’s a mix of both stop-motion animation and live-action. The director says the film is “meta-scope,” and explains that is “a visual technique where the closer you get to a subject, the more real it becomes.”

The story is set in “a world not unlike mid-20th century America, THE VANDAL centers on Harold, whose tormented search for peace from traumatic loss results in an unexpectedly destructive awakening after he undergoes a lobotomy. When the procedure ‘turns his mind inside out’ and his great love is suddenly gone, Harold's desperate search intensifies.”

That certainly sounds like an interesting and intense story and it should make for a great film. The Vandal short film also stars Baadja-Lyne Odums, Abbey Lee, and Maurice Compte.

Source: Variety