Disclaimer: These films are in no particular order and aren't all films I like. I wrote this post to be a companion piece to Kurt Halfyard's wonderful Brave New Worldview – 30 Science Fiction Films of the 21st Century posted over at Row Three, so read this and then piece it together with his and we think you'll have a pretty comprehensive list of important genre stuff from the new millennium to catch up with.
Here's the thing; we love the post apocalypse around here. No foolin'. For those of you just tuning in, Quiet Earth started life as a site dedicated to the genre. And while we cover the whole gamut of weird and wonderful genre film from around the globe now, we still like to think of ourselves as the go-to-guys on the subject. From Panic in the Year Zero, to Planet of the Apes, to The Postman, we've seen...
Here's the thing; we love the post apocalypse around here. No foolin'. For those of you just tuning in, Quiet Earth started life as a site dedicated to the genre. And while we cover the whole gamut of weird and wonderful genre film from around the globe now, we still like to think of ourselves as the go-to-guys on the subject. From Panic in the Year Zero, to Planet of the Apes, to The Postman, we've seen...
- 6/21/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Year: 2009
Directors: Roland Vranik
Writers: Roland Vranik / András Barta
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 7 out of 10
[Editor's note: We also have another review Rick wrote from August of 2009 here]
Post-apocalyptic worlds are often of familiar type – dusty wasteland, warring tribes and a desperate struggle for survival. While anyone who has read The Road or played Fallout 3 will know this isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's a shame that the broad possibilities the genre opens up have been pushed out by this convention. Transmission harks back to a time when authors like Jg Ballard and John Wyndham took a What If? approach, removing or adding factors that send society on a new course, exploring the possibilities thrown up on the way. Furthermore it does so with real style.
The premise of Transmission is simple at first glance: data can no longer be transmitted. There is no TV, no radio, no computers. People charge batteries from makeshift generators, but there is no national grid.
Directors: Roland Vranik
Writers: Roland Vranik / András Barta
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 7 out of 10
[Editor's note: We also have another review Rick wrote from August of 2009 here]
Post-apocalyptic worlds are often of familiar type – dusty wasteland, warring tribes and a desperate struggle for survival. While anyone who has read The Road or played Fallout 3 will know this isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's a shame that the broad possibilities the genre opens up have been pushed out by this convention. Transmission harks back to a time when authors like Jg Ballard and John Wyndham took a What If? approach, removing or adding factors that send society on a new course, exploring the possibilities thrown up on the way. Furthermore it does so with real style.
The premise of Transmission is simple at first glance: data can no longer be transmitted. There is no TV, no radio, no computers. People charge batteries from makeshift generators, but there is no national grid.
- 5/4/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Yes we announced the partial lineup a ittle while back, and now we have the exclusive full lineup to share, and boy, is it a doozy. The festival runs April 28th to May 3rd so get your tickets now!
Opening night film: Splice by Vincenzo Natali.
Cosing night film: Cargo (which we loved, review)
TiMER (UK Premier)
Hunter Prey (International Premier) (teaser)
2033 (UK Premier) (Another film we loved, review)
1 The Stanislaw Lem adaptation (UK Premier) (Yes, we loved this too review)
Transmission (A Ballardian telecom malfunction, UK Premier) (review)
Drones
Eraser Children (International Premier, finally I get to see this tonight!) (trailer)
Radio Free Albemuth (Sneak Preview of this Philip K. Dick adaptation! We should have a trailer soon)
Earthling (International Premier) (review)
Depositarios (International Premier, more Mexican scifi) (teaser)
Plug & Pray (UK Premier, documentary)
8th Wonderland (UK Premier)
and much more! You can head over to the festival website for more details and tickets,...
Opening night film: Splice by Vincenzo Natali.
Cosing night film: Cargo (which we loved, review)
TiMER (UK Premier)
Hunter Prey (International Premier) (teaser)
2033 (UK Premier) (Another film we loved, review)
1 The Stanislaw Lem adaptation (UK Premier) (Yes, we loved this too review)
Transmission (A Ballardian telecom malfunction, UK Premier) (review)
Drones
Eraser Children (International Premier, finally I get to see this tonight!) (trailer)
Radio Free Albemuth (Sneak Preview of this Philip K. Dick adaptation! We should have a trailer soon)
Earthling (International Premier) (review)
Depositarios (International Premier, more Mexican scifi) (teaser)
Plug & Pray (UK Premier, documentary)
8th Wonderland (UK Premier)
and much more! You can head over to the festival website for more details and tickets,...
- 3/26/2010
- QuietEarth.us
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
We've been following this film since June of last year and I've been eagerly awaiting it ever since. It's already screened at a couple of fests, and we posted the first trailer, but now I've found a second trailer which make the film look even better (like I needed more convincing). From Hungarian director Roland Vranik, the story revolves around all telecom and tv inexplicably stop working throwing our characters into withdrawal. We're not sure on the entire story, but we're categorizing it as post-apocalyptic as it sure looks like it.
We also have a full synopsis now:
Imagine a world where all the screens have stopped functioning: TVs don’t broadcast, computer monitors are blank, the entire telecommunication industry has disintegrated. An information breakdown plagues all the cities. People who normally spend their lives in front of these screens are now having what can only be described as withdrawal symptoms.
We also have a full synopsis now:
Imagine a world where all the screens have stopped functioning: TVs don’t broadcast, computer monitors are blank, the entire telecommunication industry has disintegrated. An information breakdown plagues all the cities. People who normally spend their lives in front of these screens are now having what can only be described as withdrawal symptoms.
- 8/6/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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