peter spelson the psychotronic man be a tour de force of naive post intelligentsia film noire . jack m. sell direct seemingly endless and artlessly block scene that draw the audience into a twilight mood of almost painful ennui . truly and even before the opening title graphic crawl across the screen some seven minute ( significant . ) into the first reel this reviewer crave the blissful relief of an untimely death before the next zoom in close up of peter spelson heavily lidded psychotronic stare . spelson turn in an idiosyncratic performance a rocky foscoe and the barber who prefer his hair tonic to segrams seven . spelson rocky be a tortured soul who have trouble put together a simple sentence and much unlike the real life erstwhile insurance agent turn one time film actor who frankly have never be know to shut up . the psychotronic man can be favorably compare to the seminal work of kurisawa or a young hitchcock only if one suspend all rational thought and give over to a delusional view of a world where a film such a this can be consider anything more than bong water worthy . the great news be that for the first time an exclusively authorize and digitally enhance 2 dvd set of psychotronic man be now available . this new set feature production still and the handwritten screenplay and the original music score and as well a a commentary track by the psychotronic man himself represent writer or producer or star and peter spelson . also include be a short documentary on the making of psychotronic man . catch on tape during the shooting of this documentary be the discovery of the actual original copy of the 35mm theatrical film that be use in this digital reproduction . what be finally reveal in this new production be the story of peter spelson and a frustrate would be film actor produce hokey late night commercial for his own insurance agency . peter finally conclude that if he ever want to star in a feature film he would have to write and produce it himself . what spelson find be a nascent chicago film community eager to show off it chop in anticipation of john landis and the blue brother production army who come to town a year later . on the commentary track spelson also tell how he beg and borrow and sometimes appropriate with out proper authorization what he need to complete his opus . shooting of the psychotronic man go on despite the lack of any official local permit to stage car chase and fiery explosion and even late night shoot out on chicago michigan avenue . feature an insurance agent turn actor and a guerrilla film make style and authentic retro 70 soundtrack and a back story that just would not die and the experience of the psychotronic man be truly a total great than the sum of it part .