Might also be worth taking a look at "SLEEP DEALER" - a science-fiction set on the border between the United States and Mexico.
It won a few awards at Sundance a few years back, and was very well reviewed. The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTZv6oxa2KI&feature=player_embedded The page to find the film: http://subcine.com/film/40-sleep-dealer.html Happy holidays! > That depends on how you define "hard" science fiction, and "futurist of > space-related" > > Certainly several of my favorites come to mind: > > Blade Runner > THX 1138 > > Perhaps those two are too obvious. > > Alphaville > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_%28film%29 > > 1984 (1984) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four_%28film%29 > > Not to be confused with the DREADFUL > > 1984 (1956) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_%281956_film%29 > > How about the almost impossible to find: "Just Imagine" > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Imagine > > Creation of the Humanoids > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_of_the_Humanoids > > > Really horrible production values but themes used again and again in other > sci-fi films > > > -deg > > -- > deg farrelly > Arizona State University > P.O. Box 871006 > Tempe, AZ 85287 > Phone: 480.965.1403 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > > > On 11/22/11 3:59 PM, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looking for films from the hard science fiction genre, especially movies >> that are about people and relationships but set within a futuristic or >> space-related context. Examples might be Melancholia, Moon, The Clone >> Returns Home, and Another Earth. > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. ***ALEX RIVERA'S INTERNET ANTI-EMPIRE*** http://invisibleamerica.com http://cybracero.com http://alexrivera.com ***CROSS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE*** VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
