Record store clerk Nick Brady begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music company executive. Nick finds himself drawn into a dangerous political-mystical conspiracy of cosmic proportions.

欧格斯·兰斯莫斯([宠儿])将自编自导新片[小镇人口1280](Pop. 1280，暂译)。影片改编自吉姆·汤普森撰写的同名犯罪小说，该小说于1964年出版，讲述一个小镇腐败警长以他独有的方式操纵小镇人民，以赢得下一次选举。该小说曾于1981年被法国导演贝特朗·塔维涅改编为影片[政变]，菲利普·努瓦雷、伊莎贝尔·于佩尔主演，并提名奥斯卡最佳外语片奖。