I've only recently become a casual SOV fan and I have labels like AGFA, Terror Vision and Saturn's Core to thank for that. The latter brings you The Killing of Bobby Green, "an analog after school special from ****" the blurbed description that I won't even try to top. Writer-director-editor-star McCleery off-roads through the SOV underbrush with a heady mix of baby boy charisma and Olympian overconfidence. There's something deeply admirable about his maverick DIY spirit, the "**** it, my friends and I are gonna make this movie" fortitude.
As slipcovers go, this is easily one of my favorites. The scenes of the kidnapping and a plot-driving betrayal are rendered in a true crime, comic book style reminiscent of Sonic Youth's Goo.
There are hours and hours of extras, including a previously unreleased SOV comedy that I plan watching with trepidation. Add to that several shorts (all with AC), director interviews, and a making of featurette, and you have a fascinating portrait of of an artist who creates because *he has to* and does it on his own terms.