Michael Ferentino has re-entered the episodic domain with a new Bedtime for Robots sojourn, packaged by virtue of Mid-Sunday Midnight Movies Presents.
"Exquisite Machines" kicks off its first episode with an explosion of colorful images and electronic sound, culled from Bedtime for Robots' past, present and future.
Within its twenty-minute expanse, the connecting samples blend and flow like a tribal waltz captured within a lava lamp or a hefty, industrial craft set upon a rash river, splashing through places deemed forbidden. There's also a welcome heaping of hymn-like, homespun sentiment, followed by Bedtime for Robot's latest: a boffo tribute to the '53 classic, "Robot Monster".
The collective aura is as absorbing as any hypnotic, self-help tutorial jammed on YouTube, but more open-ended, allowing the viewer/listener to create his/her own vast, expressive formula. This installment is not, therefore, merely a companion piece to Ferentino's previous series, "After Hours", but a Rorschach variant of "Twilight Zone" and "Night Gallery", where any number of dark, blazing, infantile and mature concepts can spring: One fashions the stories and then customizes one's emotions to accompany them. (The results depend on one's mindset, what resides in one's heart and soul: everything that defines Bedtime for Robots.)
I'm grateful that Ferentino has given fans this specialized edition. May there be many more to come.
Experience Episode #1 at
https://www.facebook.com/mferentino/videos/10157335176027138/.
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