timespace coordinates: 1960s/70s China (during the Cultural Revolution)/ 1985 North Atlantic / present day United Kingdom
3 Body Problem is an American science fiction television series created by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo, loosely based on the Hugo Award winning Chinese novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin. It is the second live-action adaptation after the 2023 Chinese television series. It premiered on Netflix on March 21, 2024. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: 2010’s UK, Dubai, Japan, France, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Spain
Gran Turismo is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film directed by Neill Blomkamp from a screenplay by Jason Hall and Zach Baylin. Produced by Columbia Pictures, PlayStation Productions, and 2.0 Entertainment, it is based on the racing simulation video game series of the same name developed by Polyphony Digital.
It tells the true story of Jann Mardenborough, a teenage Gran Turismo player who became a professional racing car driver. The film stars Archie Madekwe as Mardenborough alongside David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Darren Barnet, Emelia Hartford, Geri Halliwell Horner, Djimon Hounsou and Josha Stradowski. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: 2257 Lunar Mining Colony
Crater is a 2023 American science fiction adventure film directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. It stars Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace, Billy Barratt, Orson Hong, Thomas Boyce, and Scott Mescudi. Crater was released on Disney+ on May 12, 2023 and received generally positive reviews from critics. (wiki)
“Discover the most complex virtual ecosystem I’ve ever seen in a video game. An exploration of the unexpectedly brilliant worldbuilding of the indie game Rain World.”
(Part 2: https://youtu.be/f8iJpFFmIN0)
spacetime coordinates: October 1899, a group of European migrants is travelling from London on a steamship named Kerberos to start new lives in New York City.
1899 is a multilingual German epic period mystery-science fiction streaming television series created by Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar (dark). It premiered on Netflix on 17 November 2022. (wiki)
spacetime coordinates: 1950s utopian experimental community ‘Victory’, California
Don’t Worry Darling is a 2022 American psychological thriller/mystery film directed by Olivia Wilde. The film stars Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Wilde, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, Nick Kroll, and Chris Pine. The film follows an idyllic housewife living in a company town who begins to suspect a sinister secret being kept from its residents by the man who runs it. (wiki)
Although the film is set in a place described only as “Victory Town” onscreen, it’s very clearly set – and its exteriors were filmed – in Palm Springs, California, from which most of its interior design is directly derived. The city has one of the largest caches of mid-century-modern (MCM) architecture and design in the world, and nearly every single visual element in the film draws heavily from the MCM aesthetic.
Frank, the Victory Project’s leader, is shown living in Kaufmann House, one of the most well-known mid-century homes in the world. Although the Kaufmann House’s exterior has been shown at various times over the years in both film and TV, “Don’t Worry Darling” is the first film to feature scenes shot on the property itself, including several peeks at its rarely seen interiors.
The hilltop headquarters of the Victory Corporation is the iconic “volcano house” in the Mojave Desert community of Newberry Springs, California.
The geometric dancers featured in the film are based on the choreography of Busby Berkeley, most known for his film musicals released in the 1930s.
The Zero Theorem is a 2013 (U K / Romania / France co-production) science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis, Mélanie Thierry, and Lucas Hedges. Written by Pat Rushin, the story centres on Qohen Leth (Waltz), a reclusive computer genius tasked with solving a formula that will determine whether life holds any meaning.
Gilliam has given conflicting statements about whether The Zero Theorem is meant as the third part of a satirical dystopian trilogy (“Orwellian triptych”) that began with 1985’s Brazil and continued with 1995’s 12 Monkeys.
In an e-mail sent to production designer Dave Warren, Gilliam concisely stated the look he intended for the film: “Neo Rauch + Ukulele Ike = The Zero Theorem”.
Commenting on the film’s misrepresentation by critics, Gilliam stated on his official Facebook page that one of the few critics to note that The Zero Theorem was not a comedy, but rather a tragedy, was Dave Lancaster of Cinemas Online. (wiki)
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