“Shelf Life” was Paul Bartel’s final film, but it never was distributed. Bartel, who died in 2000, was a beloved actor and filmmaker whose quirky humor propelled cult favorites such as “Eating Raoul” and “Death Race 2000.”
“Shelf Life” is about three siblings sequestered in a bomb shelter, and as Jon Kalish reports, it’s poised for release in our own sequestered time.
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