TRAILER <M. SARDONICUS>
For years I have searched for unique way where by a motion picture audience can actually decide the climax of a picture. I have found such a way.
My latest picture “Mister Sardonicus” offers something no audience has ever had before: the power to determine the fate of a character on a screen, the power to punish.
In ancient Rome, spectators could decree life or death to a gladiator by indicating thumbs up or thumbs down. During the french revolution the mobs could condemn a man by (?) shouting to the guillotine. The early west vigilantistes took the war into their own hands.
Today for the first time, the awful power to punish will be yours.
After you see the evil events that made Mister Sardonicus what he was, you’ll decide what should be done to him. You will now see some scenes from the picture.
The face of Mister Sardonicus will not be shown, because I realized that some people in this audience might be adversely affected by it. Those of you who come to see Mister Sardonicus will understand why.
[-> Mr. Sardonicus extract]
Mister Sardonicus… what makes his name strike terror?
“Sardonicus?”
“Why were you frightened?”
“Ha… Sir… you will not understand. You are young. You do not yet have daughters.”
Why does his wife live in abject fear?
“If you not heal him you’ll punish me.”
“He surely wouldn’t beat you”
“His governess knows a more hideous torture”.
What strange attraction did young women have for him? What secrets are hidden behind his doors? Mister Sardonicus his deeds form the fabrics of nightmares. his face, the face of Sardonicus, can be described only in the eyes of its beholders.
Mister Sardonicus in spite of all his cruelties, some people will think he deserves mercy.
Others will feel that no punishment could be too severe. When you come to see Mister Sardonicus, you will receive a ballot like this. At a certain point of the picture, you will vote thumbs up or thumbs down. His punishment will depend on the result of your vote.
