'Severed Ways' DVD

By Chase Kahn

Over the last few weeks I've heard several things about Tony Stone's Severed Ways, a minimalist Viking film supposedly flooded with heavy metal music that sounds like (and has been confirmed by those who have seen it) a completely whacko, take-it-or-leave-it film without equal for originality.

It's also been heavily bludgeoned by some and only humbly recommended by others for its unique experience. Nevertheless, I'm extremely interested. It was first shown in 2007, but was just now being distributed through Magnet for a theatrical release earlier this year. The DVD came out on 07.28.09.