Oscilloscope Pictures has dated and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Albert Birney's Obex (2025), starring Albert Birney, Callie Hernandez, and Frank Mosley. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on May 5.
Description: In pre-internet 1987, Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs.
Audacious and uncanny, writer-director Albert Birney's OBEX is a delightfully skewed lo-fi fantasy. Shot in striking black and white, this surreally nostalgic nightmare revisits the dawn of personal computing to reflect on the loneliness of our always-online present day.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Audio Commentary with Albert Birney and Pete Ohs
Deleted Scenes
Short films from Albert Birney: Gruenfeld, Portrait of my Mother Splitting Wood, Tank Fantasy, Melody Electronics
"Making the Real OBEX Game" Featurette
Josh Dibb Scoring OBEX (Blu-ray Exclussive)
Promotional Videos (Blu-ray Exclusive)
Behind The Scenes Footage (Blu-ray Exclusive)
Theatrical Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature