Vinegar Syndrome is releasing a Riddle of Fire Blu-ray for Weston Razooli’s neo-fairytale adventure movie.
This special limited edition side loading slipcase (designed by Robert Sammelin) is limited to 4,000 units and is only available on Vinegar Syndrome’s website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Brothers Hazel (Charlie Stover) and Jodie A’Dale (Skyler Peters), along with their good friend Alice (Phoebe Ferro), pull off a daring heist to steal the latest and greatest in video game technology. Upon arriving back at the A’Dale household, and assembling a bespoke buffet of carefully arranged snacks, they plug in their newly grifted entertainment hardware to discover something even more insidious than a controller-smashing boss battle: a TV that has been password-protected by the A’Dale brothers’ mother Julie (Danielle Hoetmer), who is sick in bed. Intent on having her children spend the summer outdoors, she makes the motley crew a condition for the TV password: one blueberry pie.
These words set the three leads out on a magical quest full of speckled eggs, nefarious villains (including the Enchanted Blade Gang), dance sequences and a precocious young girl named Petal (Lorelei Olivia Mote) who may or may not be a fairy.
The feature debut of Weston Razooli who, in addition to directing, wrote, produced, edited and stars in the film, RIDDLE OF FIRE is an evocative throwback to the coming-of-age adventure films of the 80s. Lushly photographed on location in Utah on 16mm film and featuring a luminous dungeon synth soundtrack, RIDDLE OF FIRE is a rousing, tactile fantasy for adventurous cinephiles of all ages. Vinegar Syndrome Pictures is proud to bring this singular experience home following rapturous festival and theatrical runs, including its premiere in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival in 2023.
In my review of Riddle of Fire, in which I gave the movie an 8/10, I wrote, ”Riddle of Fire is a dark, yet whimsical, adventure movie with a wonderfully understated off-kilter tone. It’s an impressive debut with a confident idea of what it wants to be.”
directed by: Weston Razooli
starring: Lio Tipton, Charles Halford, Lorelei Olivia Mote, Charlie Stover, Phoebe Ferro, Skyler Peters
2023 / 114 min / 2.35:1 / English 5.1 Surround + 2.0 Stereo
Riddle of Fire Blu-ray Extras
- Region A Blu-ray
- “Overexposing” – an interview with cinematographer Jake L. Mitchell
- “Best Grilled Cheese” – an interview with actress Phoebe Ferro
- “At the Top” – an interview with actor Charlie Stover
- “A Big Roll of Tape” – an interview with actress Lorelei Olivia Mote
- “Very Surprised” – an interview with actor Skyler Peters
- Commentary with director Weston Razooli
- Theatrical trailer
- Behind-the-scenes still gallery
- Behind-the-scenes video clips
- 24-page booklet with an essay by film curator and writer Ariel Esteban Cayer
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- English SDH subtitles
