For the Plasma begins in a remote house on the coast of Maine, where a young woman named Helen has found work as a forest-fire lookout responsible for monitoring the nearby woodland. While analyzing CCTV footage of the surrounding forest, she discovers she can reconfigure her perception to predict shifts in global financial markets. But when her inquisitive and demanding friend Charlie arrives at the house, Helen finds herself challenged and unsettled by her new colleague, and the two girls' relationship begins to unravel. From this cryptic premise grows a lo-fi mind-bender of intimate scale and startling relevance that flirts with sci-fi and horror conventions, even as it subverts them. To the strains of an electronic score, For the Plasma juxtaposes pastoral imagery with surveillance technology, every shade and shadow captured in gorgeous 16mm.
For the Plasma has generally received mixed reviews.
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For the Plasma was released in 2014 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 15 reviews, giving For the Plasma (2014) an average rating of 54%.
With a score of 54%, For the Plasma is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2014, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2014 with similar scores include films like As Above, So Below, Let's Be Cops and Horrible Bosses 2.
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