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The Rover (2014)
I’ve rarely watched Australian movies, but most of those that I did, left a strong impression on me. The Rover by David Michod is one of those movies, one of the best made in 2014 as far as I’m concerned. Set in a post-apocalyptic landscape, the film is about Eric (played by Guy Pearce) who follows a band of dangerous…
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Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
Being a Frank Herbert’s Dune fan I always thought that a sci-fi masterpiece like this, so complex and rich, deserves a glorious visual adaptation. If someone was cut for the job, then the person couldn’t be anyone else but Jodorowsky. “Jodorowsky’s Dune” is a documentary by Frank Pavich. It tells the story about Jodorowsky’s unsuccessful…
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Under the Skin (2013)
Under the Skin is a 2013 science fiction thriller film directed by Jonathan Glazer, and written by Glazer and Walter Campbell as a loose adaptation of Michel Faber’s 2000 novel of the same name. The film stars Scarlett Johansson as an alien seductress who preys on men in Scotland
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Isaac Asimov “Light Years” Gandahar animated science fiction
Gandahar (a.k.a. Les Années lumière, French for The Light Years) is a 1988 French animated science fiction and fantasy film. The original version was directed by René Laloux, and was based on Jean-Pierre Andrevon‘s novel Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar (The Machine-Men versus Gandahar). An English version was directed by Harvey Weinstein and produced by Bob Weinstein, while noted science-fiction author Isaac Asimov made the revision of the translation. The English title is a translation, not…
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Holy Motors
In Holy Motors, by french director Leos Carax, we follow Mr.Oscar (Denis Lavant) who journeys from one life to the next in a white limousine packed with costumes, make-up and props, driven by his friend and associate Celine through and outside of Paris. He plays one after another 9 roles – beggar, family man,the…
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“There Will Come Soft Rains” – Budet Laskovyj Dozhd (1987)
This is one of my favorite short stories by Ray Bradbury
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selfmademusic feat p.n.e.a. – the planet is glowing aglow aglow (abstract comic book)
Short abstract story by artur ditu aka selfmademusic and p.n.e.a. for Kinema Ikons Intermedia of 2008. A low-fi schi-fi trip on a deserted planet untouched by man. An astronaus talking to his friends and family wanting to get back home on his plastic planet. The planet is entirely made from mold with the astronaut beign…
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Eva (2011)
A genius robot software programmer, Alex Garel, returns to his home town after ten years to finish the prototype of a robot child. There he meets his brother, his ex-lover Lana (his brother’s wife now) and their daughter Eva, whom he asks for help to model for the personality robot software. The story gets complicated…