— ~~ A Poetic Take On Teen Angst In “Universal” Film (NAPSA)—“A universal film. Poetic.” That’s how Frenchcritics described “Trip Out,” the cuttingedge new feature film from 26year-old writer-director James Hausler. After theatrical releases in Paris, London and Washington, D.C., the film is now set for world- wide distribution on DVD and through the brand-new medium of digital video-on-demand. In “Trip Out”’s witty black comedic plot, three adolescent boys and onesinfully attractive Ne cheerleader on embark on a hallucinogenic jourWriter-director noy that leads James M.Hausler ;,em nowhere good. A high school party planned with the worst of intentions pits brother against brother and brings on vindictive drug dealers, a fevered sexual encounter and the possibility of murder. “Trip Out” is a “character-driven triptych,” as other critics have called it. Its colorful and sometimes dreamlike technique shat- ters the mold of typical high school movies. The film’s story-telling style ties together three intense, interlocking tales with an original rap, rock and orchestral sound track. (“Trip Out’’s trailer is online at www.tripoutmovie.com.) For independent filmmakers like Hausler, who used to rely just on art-house theatrical and DVD distribution, digital distribution “Trip Out” is a witty cutting-edge film about teen isolation and anger distributed online through video on demand and coming soon on DVD. offers a new channel well-matched to the under-25 market. It also matches up well with the spread of popular digital devices such as the iPhone that are designed to display video. According to VOD Wizard founder Tony Kandah, a leader in digital independent film dis- tribution, video-on-demand film distribution takes advantage of the Internet’s social network. According to Kandah, “Digital film downloads allow people to e-mail links to intriguing content with you-gotta-see-this messaging.”
