Year: 2009
Directors: Pater Sparrow
Writers: Stanislaw Lem / Judit Góczán / Pater Sparrow
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 9 out of 10
[Editor's note: There be spoilers ahead. And this is one of the most brilliant films I've ever seen.]
Voiceover: “This book is no joke. We could be outraged by it and see it as slander that insults the whole of mankind. However, we might seek comfort from the fact that no one could make it into a film.” And so begins 1, a stunningly brilliant satire of damn near everything that makes us human, and a mind-wrenching examination of the nature of reality in a perceptual world.
It’s wicked.
First, some background. This very clever movie is based on an essay by the late, great Polish Sf writer, Stanislaw Lem. Part of his prodigious output included dabbles in the rare genre of fictional books, and this is taken from a collection called One Human Minute, which contains three reviews, with the title piece a review of...
Directors: Pater Sparrow
Writers: Stanislaw Lem / Judit Góczán / Pater Sparrow
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 9 out of 10
[Editor's note: There be spoilers ahead. And this is one of the most brilliant films I've ever seen.]
Voiceover: “This book is no joke. We could be outraged by it and see it as slander that insults the whole of mankind. However, we might seek comfort from the fact that no one could make it into a film.” And so begins 1, a stunningly brilliant satire of damn near everything that makes us human, and a mind-wrenching examination of the nature of reality in a perceptual world.
It’s wicked.
First, some background. This very clever movie is based on an essay by the late, great Polish Sf writer, Stanislaw Lem. Part of his prodigious output included dabbles in the rare genre of fictional books, and this is taken from a collection called One Human Minute, which contains three reviews, with the title piece a review of...
- 8/24/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Year: 2009
Directors: Roland Vranik
Writers: Roland Vranik / András Barta
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 8 out of 10
Transmission: On
Ever wonder what it might be like to live in a world where no computer screens or TV monitors work? Ahh, you’re thinking – a snap. Who needs that stuff, anyway? Surprise… you’re going back to a basically agrarian lifestyle. And it’s not as much fun as you’d think. It could, in fact, drive you crazy.
And that’s the basis of Adás (literal translation: Transmission), a very odd little post-apocalyptic effort from Hungary, written by András Barta and Roland Vranik, who also directed. Transmission follows the unusual adventures of three brothers – Henrik, Vilmos and Ottó – as they try to adjust to this new communication-free environment.
And an odd place it is. Some things work, others don’t. There’s no electricity because power plants run on computers.
Directors: Roland Vranik
Writers: Roland Vranik / András Barta
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 8 out of 10
Transmission: On
Ever wonder what it might be like to live in a world where no computer screens or TV monitors work? Ahh, you’re thinking – a snap. Who needs that stuff, anyway? Surprise… you’re going back to a basically agrarian lifestyle. And it’s not as much fun as you’d think. It could, in fact, drive you crazy.
And that’s the basis of Adás (literal translation: Transmission), a very odd little post-apocalyptic effort from Hungary, written by András Barta and Roland Vranik, who also directed. Transmission follows the unusual adventures of three brothers – Henrik, Vilmos and Ottó – as they try to adjust to this new communication-free environment.
And an odd place it is. Some things work, others don’t. There’s no electricity because power plants run on computers.
- 8/20/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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