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.

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After Yang is a 2021 American science fiction drama film written, directed, and edited by Kogonada. It stars Colin FarrellJodie Turner-SmithJustin H. Min, Malea Emma TjandrawidjajaRitchie CosterSarita ChoudhuryClifton 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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1306 – Midsommar (2019)

timespace coordinates: 2018 midsummer celebration at  the Hårga commune, Hälsingland, Sweden

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MV5BMzQxNzQzOTQwM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDQ2NTcwODM@._V1_Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Florence PughJack ReynorWilliam Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, and Will Poulter. It follows a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a festival that occurs once every ninety years and find themselves in the clutches of a pagan cult. A co-production between the United States, Sweden and Hungary, Midsommar is scheduled to be released on Digital HD (on Apple TV) on September 24, 2019 and on DVD and Blu-ray on October 8, 2019. (wiki)

According to Ari Aster, this was meant to be his first horror movie since Hereditary (2018) was intended to just be a family drama.

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