Followers and fans of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros no doubt know about, SALVO! the “12-part feature-length movie musical” that began to materialize with the release of their breakout album, Up From Below in 2009. The film is being released in music video segments, and each part continues into the next. “Kisses Over Babylon” is part-two of this epic music film, preceded by “Desert Song“, and followed by the just-released “40 Day Dream“.
Kisses picks up in the same desert wasteland world, ravaged by drought. Edward is arrested by two Minors (police from Ursa Minor) for the murder of his own father, and taken to a water-labor prison. There he reunites with Brother, his long-ago friend, and rallies the prisoners to a frenzied prison break.
Written, Directed, and Edited by: Isaiah Seret & Alex Ebert
Cinematographer: Eric Maclver
Art Director: Ishi Glinsky
Opening Score composed by: Miguel Atwood Ferguson
CAST:
Edward Sharpe: Alex Ebert
Minors: David Strathairn & Stephen Mendillo
Warden: Dermot Mulroney
Brother: Orpheo McCord
Clerk: Sandy Martin
Guard: Tay Stratharin
