The Realm of Never: Moratorium (2002)

Exciting and chilling. A real attention getter and a diamond in the rough that should get a lot more attention. You're not going to see this kind of thing too often. I haven't seen the likes of it since the early days of live dramatic television, and I was blown away. The Realm of Never series is a modern rebirth of the Playhouse 90 television-theatre of the 1950s created by writer/director Christopher Del Gaudio, and uses the live on-tape technique that is all but extinct in television production today. It gives this very unique project an energy and spontaneity that a lot of edited pieces lack. The acting, especially Darren O'Hare, Jacqueline Muro, Joanne Antonucci, and Lucas Ramirez, stands up with against you'll see in the mainstream. Low budget doesn't mean low quality, and I'd love to see this out on DVD in the near future!