The movie tells the story of a high school student who travels to Los Angeles to confront his girlfriend's killer. When a mysterious tape arrives in the mail, everything changes. Depression and heartbreak ensue.
no faulting Stabley's ambitions here, as he presents a time-leaping, mixed-media kaleidoscopic vision of a young Lynchian 'woman in trouble', caught between free agency and victimhood - under the Hollywood sign.
Everlasting is a remarkable film that's perhaps a little too understated and low budget to be on the mainstream's radar, but for those able to check it out will be greatly rewarded.