This place has been all about the movies lately -- apologies for that. I'll get back to some great sf/f art soon, I promise. And I have post up my sleeve about plumbers that may interest. (no, really.) But...I just posted a six minute science fiction movie on Tor.com titled Similo. The tone of it (although not it's message) reminds me of Gattica, one of my favorite movies. It's pretty powerful piece for just six minutes long.
OMG, finally someone who loves Gattica as much as I do! Ethan and Uma were great, Jude was great! The look of the film was so stylized and it had that "this ain't the future, but for now it is---trust us" vibe. Like an old Twilight Zone or Outer Limits episode. And the msg---wow!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting Similo, haunting is right. Very well done and probably on a small budget. Kudos to all involved!
Bonjour Irene ! ^^
ReplyDeleteThanks for bring that short movie to my attention, it was a delight to watch. I understand the fact you compare it "somehow" to Gattica [a masterpiece by the way]. Aside the mood and tone in that movie, the thing I like the most is -like in such movies as Gattica or French short movie "La Jetée"- that the story "talk" to your own intimacy. Nothing's better in my book to see Science fiction used for question mankind condition.
I apologies for my bad english, I didn't practice, in like... Ho, Ages ! But that will help me to keep my French accent very "cute", I hope ! :P
Read your blog is always an enjoyement, thank you, Irene.
J.
Hi Swain,
ReplyDeleteI re-watched Gattica not long ago and I;m always taken by how entertainning it is. I always think of it as a slowly paced "good" movie...but when you watch it, it really is fun on top of all its great stylization and message.
Julien - Bonjour! I love Le Jetee! now I want to run off and watch that again.