Daniel Kremer on

Overwhelm The Sky

Released 2021
Distributor Kino Lorber

Daniel Kremer updated Charles Brockden Brown’s 1799 novel Edgar Huntly, or Memoirs of a Sleepwalker for this moody mystery about a radio jock investigating a murder. Photographed in sumptuous black and white by Aaron Hollander, the two hour and fifty minute movie justifies its reputation as an “existential epic neo-noir.”

Buy the movie at:
Find out where the movie is streaming at:

About Daniel Kremer

San Francisco filmmaker Daniel Kremer has provided audio commentary tracks for Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, AGFA, and Scorpion disc releases, and essays for Twilight Time special editions. His acclaimed epic-length film Overwhelm the Sky (2019), adapted from a 1799 American Gothic novel, was screened internationally in classic  roadshow format, complete with overture, intermission, and printed souvenir programs. These deluxe screenings received  many accolades before Kino Lorber acquired distribution rights. Kremer's book Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films was published through Patrick McGilligan's Screen Classics Series in 2015. He is currently under contract at Oxford University Press for the first book about Joan Micklin Silver. His other films include the independent dramas Raise Your Kids on Seltzer (2015) and Ezer Kenegdo (2017). He  enjoys doing commentary tracks with fellow TFH guru Allan Arkush.