“A darkly lyrical hybrid of rumination and documentation, so slightly tinted with humor as to leave viewers wondering whether they perceive it or imagine it.”  —Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle

Despite assurances from local municipalities, manholes occasionally blow sky-high, more than most people realize.  The fictionalized film is a first person narrative that follows the reflections of a middle-aged man whose car was hit by an exploding manhole; he now rides the Geary Limited bus the length of Geary Street to his job fitting prosthetic limbs.  The narrative explores his obsession with calculating odds and the possibility of miracles amid random violent occurrence.

Read blog posts tagged Manhole 452.

Read Kenneth Baker’s review of the exhibition at Patricia Sweetow Gallery.

Read brief review of San Francisco Independent Film Festival screening.