| Kill the Moonlight | |
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| Directed by | Steve Hanft |
| Produced by | Steve Hanft |
| Written by | Steve Hanft |
| Starring | Thomas Hendrix Ross Harris |
| Cinematography | Steve Hanft |
| Editing by | Steve Hanft |
| Distributed by | Plexifilm |
| Release date(s) | March 26, 2006 March 31, 2004 |
| Running time | 76 min |
| Language | English |
Kill the Moonlight, completed in 1994, is an American independent film by Steve Hanft. It was not officially released until much later.
Filmmaker and video director Steve Hanft's first independent feature film, started when he was enrolled in CalArts in the early '90s.
The film inspired Beck's song "Loser", which features samples of the film in the song and music video, along with a blatant reference to the film with the lyric: "...kill the headlights..."
Kill the Moonlight had its premiere in 1998 at Laemmle's Sunset 5 theatre in West Hollywood where Beck played an impromptu set in the movie theatre. It was not released domestically officially until 2006.
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A twisted mid-'90s comedy disguised as a 1970s drive-in film, Kill the Moonlight is the story of Chance, a fish hatchery worker, toxic waste cleaner and aspiring race car driver, whose goal in life is to fix up his Camaro and follow his dreams of championship glory. Director Steven Hanft captures the West Coast slacker vibe with laconic pacing, bizarre humor and a stock-car-racing hero.
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First issued by Sympathy for the Record Industry in 1997, the out of print soundtrack to Kill The Moonlight was reissued with the Plexifilm DVD release, this time including tracks from Beck and Steve Hanft's band Loser.