Filmmakers take on waves, and the scourge of hipster-ism

 

Can a hipster be cured?

Andrew Gesler of Ocean City and Margate’s Alex DePhillipo have weighed in on the question with a new film, which premiered this summer, and the prognosis isn’t good.

It’s called “Death 2 Hipsters,” and it’s a surf movie comedy.

Being cool, and the attended marketing of whatever coolness is, seems to be taking over surfing, said Gesler in a recent interview. Major fashion companies are reaching into surf culture.

The folks who put together the local surf movie “Dark Fall” wanted to try something new, a surf satire.

“The main part is Andrew turning into a hipster,” said DePhillipo in a phone interview from Florida, where the two were filming this week.  “It’s sort of treated like a disease, like drugs or alcohol. He needs to find his way back into surfing.”

The trailer and more details are at death2hipsters.com, along with a suggestion that anyone who may be offended stop wearing their sister’s pants and mixing techno music.

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