MONDELLO: And in fairness, Billy was - or maybe still is - the president of the United States. MONDELLO: Billy, played by Mark Duplass, sees himself as Mario, the guy in charge.ĭUPLASS: (As Billy) Someone is still the face of the operation. You got somewhere you need to be right now?īROWN: (As Ray) No, man. It's not the point.īROWN: (As Ray) OK then, Billy, what is your point?ĭUPLASS: (As Billy) I'm sorry. MONDELLO: These guys are, as you might have guessed, really talking about themselves.ĭUPLASS: (As Billy) Whatever. Luigi was literally the same guy, just a different color. They had the same face.ĭUPLASS: (As Billy) What? No, they didn't.īROWN: (As Ray) Yeah, they did. MARK DUPLASS: (As Billy) Some would argue that Mario is the maybe more attractive one. But critic Bob Mondello says that doesn't keep the film from being about grand themes, including the end of the world as we know it.īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Two childhood friends jogging inside a geodesic dome roughly the size of a large one-bedroom apartment talking the complexities of Super Mario Brothers.
"Biosphere" is self-contained, just two actors and a single setting.
If filmmakers wanted to make movies during the pandemic, especially low-budget independent comedies, it helped if their story was self-contained.
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