Indie Science Fiction Cinema Today: Conversations with 21st Century Filmmakers
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Much of 20th century science fiction foretold technological and social developments beyond the year 2000. Since then, a key theme has been: what happens when the future no one anticipated arrives faster than anyone expected? Focusing on 21st century independent science fiction films, the author describes a seismic shift in subject matter as society moves into a new technological age. Independent films since the millennium are more daring, incisive and even plausible in their depiction of possible futures than blockbuster films of the same period. Twenty-one chapters break down today's subgenres, featuring interviews with the filmmakers who created them. Cover Table of Contents Introduction 1. Extraterrestrial Encounters Jamie Nash (Altered) • Daniel Myrick (The Objective) • Clay Liford (Earthling) 2. Surviving the Mysterious Event Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Resolution) • Michael J. Kospiah (The Suicide Theory) 3. The Shifting Sands of Time Merlin Dervisevic (Cruel & Unusual) • B.P. Cooper (Time Lapse) • Kurt Kuenne (Shuffle) 4. Experiencing a World Not Our Own Gerald McMorrow (Franklyn) • Darren Paul Fisher (Frequencies) • Craig Goodwill (Patch Town) • Juan Solanas (Upside Down) 5. An Infinity of Alternate Dimensions Jeff Waltrowski (It Came from Yesterday) • James Ward Byrkit (Coherence) • Jason Thomas Scott (Tympanum) 6. The History of Alternate Histories Richard Raaphorst (Frankenstein’s Army) • Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky) • Anouk Whissell (Turbo Kid) 7. New Inventions and Technologies Ben Carland (Shadows on the Wall) • Timothy Lanzone (Travelling Salesman) • Brett Ryan Bonowicz (The Perfect 46) 8. Journeys Through an Endless Cosmos Geoff Marslett (Mars) • Chance Shirley (Interplanetary) • Clive Dawson (The Last Days on Mars) 9. The Enemy Within Neil McEnery-West (Containment) • Tony Burgess (Pontypool) 10. DealIng With Artificial IntellIgence Shane Acker (9) • Christopher Ford (Robot & Frank) • James Felix McKenney (Automatons) 11. The Fall, and What Comes After Paul S. Myers (5 Shells) • Conor Horgan (One Hundred Mornings) • Harry Ralston (The Last Man) • Jim Mickle (Stake Land) 12. There Can Be Only One Paul Hough (The Human Race) • Ben Carland (Sol) • Stuart Hazeldine (Exam) • Mario Miscione (Circle) 13. Dystopian Futures Brandon Drake (Visioneers) • Josh Feldman (Senn) • Justin Trefgarne (Narcopolis) 14. Alongside the Secret Society Jeff Pointer (Ink) • Tom Woodruff, Jr. (Fire City: End of Days) • Jennifer Liao (End of Days, Inc.) 15. Unnatural Selection Alec Gillis (Harbinger Down) • Oklahoma Ward (Crawl or Die) 16. ConfrontIng Global Disasters Todd Berger (It’s a Disaster) • Sophia Cacciola (Magnetic) 17. The Rise of Superpowers Andrew Droz Palermo (One & Two) 18. Science Fiction and Fake Documentaries Karl Mueller (Mr. Jones) • Philip Gelatt (Europa Report) 19. The Fantastical Worlds of Musicals Cory McAbee (The American Astronaut) • Paul Bunnell (The Ghastly Love of Johnny X) • Rod Bingaman (Ripped!) 20. The Romance of Science Fiction Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Spring) • Brian Ackley (Alienated) • Tom Large (Beyond) 21. The Future of Our Cinematic Futures Further Reading Index
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