L. Jeffrey Moore & Sophia LaPaglia in RAGE with Director Alrik Bursell

Filmmaker Alrik Bursell released his new short film titled The Rage on Monday, February 26th. Alrik is a Berkeley native and a graduate of San Francisco State University, Alrik has worked on Feature Films, Local Commercial Videos and Network Television sets for the past 10 years. Alrik keeps a steady flow of corporate, documentary and lifestyle projects churning, while honing his craft in shooting, editing and simply telling a story.

The Rage comes as Alrik Bursell’s new effort; it is a psychological thriller that explores the relationship between sex, anger and violence. The audience will take an atmospheric trip into the life of the character of”Oscar” (L. Jeffrey Moore) as he deals with his rage and the choices he makes based on it.

Alrik Bursell Interview: The Rage of Oscar as told by Director and Producer Alrik Bursell

“We wanted to challenge ourselves by telling a very emotional story that explores the relationship between sex, anger and violence. This is also the first sex scene I ever shot and I wanted to do something that was powerful, raw and that didn’t look like every other sex scene before it. says Alrik Bursell.

The Rage stars Oakland California actors, L. Jeffrey Moore, Sophia LaPaglia and Gretta Sosine and the short film was crowdfunded successfully with Kickstarter.

Alrik explains that “Given the world of the story The Rage might be a difficult movie to watch but I think it’s much more important than ever to be aware of the relationship between sex and violence and the passion that can come out of anger.”

The Rage as a movie has a message, we noticed some audiences pick up on this message but others don’t. Overall the movie tends to spark a conversation and get people talking about these issues.

The Rage has screened at 15th Oakland International Film Festival, Shortz! Film Festival – Z Finder Pro Award (2017), National Black Theater Festival (2017), and 5th Pictoclik Film Festival (2017)