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Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies tells the story of a true renegade and his love for filmmaking, a free spirit who always did Hollywood his way despite the odds. The documentary follows Albert after his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and dementia. Fighting rapidly declining health, hallucinations, and memory loss, he is on a mission to make his final film, Cyborg Overture - Bad Ass Angels and Demons, the prequel to one of his most famous films, the post-apocalyptic classic Cyborg.
Direction
Lisa D'Apolito finds poetry in Pyun's beautiful disaster energy.
Production
Glimpses of Cyborg Overture's bonkers practical effects.
Director
Lisa D’Apolito
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pyun shot Cyborg in 24 days for $500,000 after Cannon Films' Spider-Man and Masters of the Universe 2 collapsed. Jean-Claude Van Damme's breakout role was literally a consolation prize.
Pyun's hallucinations from dementia actually influenced Cyborg Overture's dreamlike visual style—his brain literally became his final collaborator.
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