2052 – After Yang (2021)

timespace coordinates:  The story of the film is a tale about robotic “technobeings,” artificial intelligence, and cloning, all of it set in a subtly designed future that’s been scarred by environmental hubris.  // The home of the family was based on mid-century “California Modern” structures developed by Joseph Eichler. In fact, one of Eichler homes just outside of New York City in suburban Rockland County, the only three built on the East Coast, was used by production team by completely renovating the house in the process of prepping it for a tight 29-day shoot. // Costumes by Arjun Bhasin were designed to indicate a shift away from synthetics, toward sustainability and renewable materials.

After Yang is a 2021 American science fiction drama film written, directed, and edited by Kogonada. It stars Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Ritchie Coster, Sarita Choudhury, Clifton Collins Jr., and Haley Lu Richardson. The plot follows a family’s mission to repair their unresponsive robotic child. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on July 8, 2021, and was released on March 4, 2022, by A24 and Showtime. (wiki)

Adapted from a short story by Alexander Weinstein which is “Saying Goodbye to Yang” included in the author’s 2016 collection, “Children of the New World”.

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2051 – No Exit (2022)

timespace coordinates:  isolated highway rest stop in the mountains somewhere on the road from Sacramento to Salt Lake City

No Exit is a 2022 American thriller film directed by Damien Power from a screenplay by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Taylor Adams. It stars Havana Rose Liu as a recovering drug addict who discovers a kidnapping in progress while stranded at a rest stop during a blizzard. Danny Ramirez, David Rysdahl, Dale Dickey, and Dennis Haysbert co-star as the four suspects while Mila Harris plays the victim. (wiki)

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2050 – Against the Ice (2022)

Against the Ice is a 2022 historical survival film directed by Peter Flinth. Based on the true story recounted in Two Against the Ice by Ejnar Mikkelsen, the film stars Coster-Waldau as Mikkelsen and Joe Cole as Iver Iversen. It was released on Netflix on March 2, 2022. (wiki)   /   imdb

Organizing an expedition to map out the northeast coast of Greenland, to recover the bodies of Mylius-Erichsen, leader of the ill-fated Denmark expedition and the expedition’s cartographer, Niels Peter Høeg Hagen, and their records, Mikkelsen wintered 1909–10 at Shannon Island, East Greenland. His wooden ship, the Alabama, was trapped in the ice of Shannon and, while he was exploring, the rest of the party returned home on a whaler. Remaining with his engineer, Iversen, Mikkelsen succeeded by a series of hazardous sledge journeys in recovering the lost records and in disproving the existence of Peary Channel.

The two explorers returned to Shannon island to find the crew gone, but, they had salvaged timbers and planking and erected a small cottage. Mikkelsen and Iversen then spent two winters at the cottage before they were rescued, in the direst of extremities, by a Norwegian whaler in summer 1912. The so-called Alabama cottage has survived, intact, and was photographed during a visit by Danish Navy inspection ship Ejnar Mikkelsen in September 2010. (wiki)

2049

timespace coordinates: 1990’s / 2020’s Woodsboro, California

Scream (1996 film)

Scream is a 1996 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. The film stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, and Drew Barrymore. Released on December 20, it follows Sidney Prescott (Campbell), a high school student who becomes the target of a mysterious killer in a Halloween costume known as Ghostface. The film satirizes the clichés of the slasher genre popularized in films such as Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th (1980) and Craven’s own A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Scream was considered unique at the time of its release for featuring characters aware of real-world horror films who openly discussed the clichés that the film attempted to subvert.

Inspired by the real-life case of the Gainesville Ripper, Scream was influenced by Williamson’s passion for horror films, especially Halloween (1978).

The soundtrack by Marco Beltrami was cited as “[one] of the most intriguing horror scores composed in years”. The score has since earned “cult status”. Scream marked a change in the genre as it cast already-established and successful actors, which was considered to have helped it find a wider audience, including a significant female viewership.

Scream was credited with revitalizing the slasher genre in the 1990s, which was considered to be almost dead following an influx of direct-to-video titles and numerous sequels to established horror franchises of the 1970s and 1980s. Scream‘s success spawned a series of sequels. (wiki)

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Scream (2022 film)

Scream (also known as Scream 5) is a 2022 American slasher film directed by Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett). It is the fifth installment in the Scream film series. Though billed as a relaunch of the film series, the film is a direct sequel to Scream 4 (2011) and is the first film in the series to not be directed by Wes Craven, following his death in 2015. The film is dedicated to Craven at the beginning of the closing credits.

The film stars Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Sonia Ammar, alongside Roger L. Jackson, Marley Shelton, Skeet Ulrich, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell, who reprise their roles from previous installments. The film takes place twenty-five years after the original Woodsboro murders, when yet another Ghostface appears and begins targeting a group of teenagers who are each somehow linked to the original killings. Similar to previous entries, Scream combines the violence of the slasher genre with elements of black comedy and “whodunit” mystery to satirize the trend of reboots and legacy sequels. The film also provides commentary on fandom culture and the divide between “elevated horror” and classic slasher films.

Scream was praised by critics for honoring Craven’s legacy and offering thoughtful meta-commentary on horror films, with some calling it the best of the Scream sequels. The development of a sequel was announced in February 2022. (wiki)

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2048 – Bökh (2016)

timespace coordinates: 2010’s Inner Mongolia, China

danish photographer ken hermann and british art director gem fletcher’s project ‘bökh’ is a short film (imdb) and photo series which explores the culture of wrestling in mongolia. capturing the vibrant costumes and vast open landscape, the film presents a distanced perspective of the traditional sport. watch here:

ken hermann and gem fletcher’s film bökh captures the wrestlers of mongolia (designboom)

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Inner Mongolian Wrestlers

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2047 – Ted K (2021)

timespace coordinates: 1980’s -90’s Lincoln, Montana

Ted K is a 2021 American historical crime drama film directed, co-produced and co-written by Tony Stone, starring Sharlto Copley as the titular character. The film depicts the true story of Ted Kaczynski, otherwise known as the Unabomber, and the events leading to his arrest. (wiki)

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