Cyclone Wehner wrote:
I have been thinking about 'techno' films - ie films that the techno
community have adopted as part of their subculture - as lately I've been
catching up on DVDs when I am too tired to do anything else constructive. ;)
I guess hip-hop types have Star Wars but techno people I find are into
Metropolis, Bladerunner and The Matrix - classic sci fi.
Personally I didn't quite get into The Matrix. It's very strong visually -
and very clever - but I found it very cold and devoid of any humanity and
the third instalment was infuriating with its inconsistencies and poor
script. However, it is fun observing spots in the first as though they took
out obvious Sydney features, it's clearly Sydney and I know that Dymocks
store spot well. ;)
I much preferred Dark City, also shot in Sydney, with the underrated Rufus
Sewell - who was so amazing as Stuart era super mack Charles II recently.
Funny it came out before The Matrix...
Some others might be (or these are some of my faves):
Gattica (slept-on, what more can I say)
Artificial Intelligence (very simple yet profound, loved the multiple
endings)
Minority Report (interesting, I almost warmed to Tom Cruise in this role)
Anyway I am wondering if any of you esteemed people would like to suggest
your favourite techno film/s.
I too enjoyed Gattica and AI and didn't enjoy the Matrix.
After seeing the second one, I couldn't even bother to see
the third. along with bladerunner, i like the other films based on
philip k dick's
writings including impostor (slept on and definitely worth a look;
very emotive because there is a love story involved), screamers (not
that good, but
interesting enough), total recall (woulda been better without arnie
because he tends to get the focus when the story itself should),
and paycheck (ditto for ben affleck; it's about the story, not him!).
andrew
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Andrew Duke
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