Gutterdämmerung is a unique new musical film project that’s being billed as “the loudest silent movie on Earth”. If that doesn’t make any sense, don’t worry, just celebrate the fact that it features a veritable who’s-who of rock royalty.
As Consequence of Sound reports, Josh Homme is one of the latest rock stars to join the cast, which already features the likes of his Eagles of Death Metal bandmate Jesse Hughes, as well as Iggy Pop, Lemmy, Mark Lanegan, and Henry Rollins, who also wrote the film.
Homme, who joins the cast alongside French electronic duo Justice, will be bringing “Death itself to life with his bazooka poetically known as ‘Death’s Dominion.'” We’re not 100 percent sure just what that means, but it sounds pretty badass.
Described as “part rock show part immersive cinema experience,” Gutterdämmerung is the brain child of Belgian-Swedish visual artist Bjorn Tagemose and best of all, two more cast members are set to be announced in the coming weeks.
The current plan is for this “loud and dark fairytale” is to tour the film with a live band and narrator during winter 2015/2016, with complete release said to be in the mail. As for what it’s all about, well, it’s pretty epic.
“The film is sent in a world where God has saved the world from sin by taking from mankind the Devil’s ‘Grail of Sin’… the Evil Guitar. The Earth has now turned into a puritan world where there is no room for sex, drugs or rock ‘n’ roll,” a synopsis reads.
“From up on high in heaven a ‘punk-angel’, Vicious (portrayed by Iggy Pop), looks upon the world with weary bored eyes. Behind God’s back, Vicious sends the Devil’s guitar back to earth and sin in all its forms returns to mankind.”
“An evil puritan priest (Henry Rollins) manipulates a naive girl to retrieve the guitar and destroy it. On her quest to find the Devil’s Grail Of Sin, the girl is forced to face the world’s most evil rock and roll bastards.”
“Throughout her journey, she has a rival in the form of a rock chick determined to stop her from destroying the instrument.” It’s not currently known just who will play the female lead, but you can check out interviews with some of the cast members above.
