I picked up Primer (2004) several years ago and it spend a great deal of time on my “to watch” pile. I could tell from the blurb that it was going to be a movie I needed to watch with a clear head and to pay full attention to, so I gave it some special time.
I was severely confused from beginning to end but I blame the desperados.. So I watched it again. I liked the style, I adored how the film brought forward great ideas without having to blow a huge budget on effects.
It wasn’t until I found (by total accident) another film, Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) that I discovered a whole new genre.. Lo Fi Sci Fi. So I’m going to emerge myself in it for a while and see what I can discover about it.
It does seem to be the basic ideas that a student would bring to the table without the board room expensive lights show. A way of going back to basics with the prime ideas of science fiction without huge movie sets and monsters (although i think there might be monsters). From what I have seen there has been an emphasis on the human in the future and the fragility of how we can cope with loosing what we were in the past.
A more precise definition comes from http://lofiscifi.com/
Movies that have more speculation than spectacular effects. More focused on big ideas than big budgets.
For now I have a few titles about 20 or so that I am working through, some I have already seen, others I am now searching for. Reviews to come.
The American Astronaut |
Another Earth |
Beasts of the Southern Wild |
Bellflower |
Beyond the Black Rainbow |
The FP |
The Future |
Holy Motors |
The Last Winter |
Mars |
Monsters |
Moon |
Nightfur |
Primer |
Robot & Frank |
Safety Not Guaranteed |
The Science of Sleep |
Sleep Dealer |
Sound of My Voice |
Take Shelter |
TiMER |
Wristcutters: A Love Story |
These movies I have now seen so far!
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