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
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Another Earth
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Beasts of the Southern Wild
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Bellflower
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Beyond the Black Rainbow
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The FP
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The Future
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Holy Motors
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The Last Winter
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Mars
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Monsters
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Moon
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Nightfur
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Primer
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Robot & Frank
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Safety Not Guaranteed
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The Science of Sleep
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Sleep Dealer
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Sound of My Voice
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Take Shelter
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TiMER
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Wristcutters: A Love Story
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These movies I have now seen so far!
