Saturday, March 31, 2007
Grand Theft Auto VI
Not really anything to do with our film, but the trailer to Grand Theft Auto VI contains Koyaanisqatsi references!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Script
This is the script for the film.
We are, all of us, a product of our time.
Growing up in the closing years of our society, we have witnessed the rise of
consumerism and a leisure based culture.
We have witnessed the birth of a culture based on reason and the death of superstition.
We have witnessed scientific breakthroughs which have extended and improved human life.
We have witnessed the emergence of a truly global culture.
And yet, there is still fear.
The fear of climate change.
The fear of poverty and starvation.
The fear of an unstoppable pandemic.
The fear of terrorism.
On the day the end came, none of us knew what horrors we were waking up to.
The end came like the old pictures always told us they would. A blaze of purging fire, and a long cold winter.
Desolation.
Destruction.
Decay.
Death.
And yet, there is still life.
Not human life, but life.
The planet carries on despite us, and with time nature restores itself.
We may destroy ourselves, but it was only ever arrogance which made us believe we could destroy the world.
We are, all of us, a product of our time.
Growing up in the closing years of our society, we have witnessed the rise of
consumerism and a leisure based culture.
We have witnessed the birth of a culture based on reason and the death of superstition.
We have witnessed scientific breakthroughs which have extended and improved human life.
We have witnessed the emergence of a truly global culture.
And yet, there is still fear.
The fear of climate change.
The fear of poverty and starvation.
The fear of an unstoppable pandemic.
The fear of terrorism.
On the day the end came, none of us knew what horrors we were waking up to.
The end came like the old pictures always told us they would. A blaze of purging fire, and a long cold winter.
Desolation.
Destruction.
Decay.
Death.
And yet, there is still life.
Not human life, but life.
The planet carries on despite us, and with time nature restores itself.
We may destroy ourselves, but it was only ever arrogance which made us believe we could destroy the world.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Similar to Fail-Safe, but a black comedy, and the similarities can be read about here.
Dame Vera Lynn, in an interview on the BBC that celebrated her 90th birthday, said when she first saw the movie, the audience laughed at the use of her singing "We'll Meet Again" against a backdrop of exploding atomic bombs. But then the audience realized it was not funny and became strangely silent.
Fail-Safe
Firefox
I'm not a huge fan of Firefox, but I enjoyed reading the book and it is quite obviously based on the fear that the Soviets had technology far superior to the Americans but the Americans couldn't let them get away with that, so they'd steal the top secret plane.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Yanqui U.X.O.
The cover of Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Yanqui U.X.O.
A visual reference we wished to include, but aren't able to, since it looks too dated amongst the shots of Iraq and Afghanistan.
28 Days Later
Here is that scene from 28 Days Later that we reference:
The music is Godspeed You! Black Emperor's East Hastings.
The music is Godspeed You! Black Emperor's East Hastings.
