6 DECEMBER 2023
THESE SCI-FISTORIES ARE NOT ABOUT THE FUTURE NOR THE PAST (AND IS ALSO VERY PLEASURABLE TO BINGE)
TALES FROM EARTHSEA (2006)
DIR. BY GORO MIYAZAKI
BASED ON WRITINGS OF URSULA LE GUIN, EARTHSEA LETS US IN TO EXPLORE ITS MAGIC AND A FRAGILE BALANCE THAT IS RUINED AND HAS TO BE RESTORED AS THE WHOLE PLANET EXISTENCE IS RELIANT ON IT.
JODOROWSKY’S DUNE (2013)
DIR. BY FRANK PAVICH
THIS DOCUMENTARY PUZZLES HOW THE MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECT BY ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY COULD HAVE BEEN REALISED.
TRON (1982) DIR. BY STEVEN LISBERGER
WHEN A WORLD OF A COMPUTER GAME EXPANDS TO GIVE ACCESS FOR THE GAMERS TO HAVE A FULL CONTROL OF IT AND TO EXIST IN.
LE STREGHE (1967)
PRODUCED BY DINO DE LAURENTIIS
FIVE STORIES BY LEGENDARY ITALIAN DIRECTORS WITH SILVANA MANGANO THAT FOLLOWS FIVE STORIES OF FIVE WOMEN. LUCINO VISCONTI, MAURO BOLOGNINI, PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, FRANCO ROSSI, VITTORIO DE SICA.
TITANE (2021) DIR. BY JULIA DUCOURNAU
SCI-FI THRILLER THAT TELLS A STORY OF ALEXIS, A YOUNG WOMAN WITH VIOLENT PATTERNS AND UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS AS SHE FINDS HERSELF PREGNANT AND RUNS AWAY JUST TO FIND A SANCTUARY AT THE HOUSE OF AN OLD FIREMAN VINCENT, WHO RECOGNISES HIS LOST SON IN HER.
BLINDNESS (2008)
DIR. BY FERNANDO MEIRELLES
AN ADOPTATION OF PORTUGUESE WRITER JOSE SARAMAGO, THIS FILM TELLS ABOUT AN EPIDEMIC OF BLINDNESS THAT TAKES ON THE WORLD AND A WOMAN WHO DOESN’T LOOSE HER EYE VISION.
UNDER THE SKIN (2013)
DIR. BY JONATHAN GLAZER
ANOHTER ADAPTATION OF A NOVEL, WHERE A MYSTERIOUS UNNAMED ALIEN CREATURE APPEARING AS AN ATTRACTING WOMAN TRAVELS AROUND SCOTLAND SLAUGTHERING MEN.
E.T. (1982) DIR. BY STEVEN SPIELBERG
ICONIC STORY ABOUT A FRIENDLY ALIEN WHO LOST HIS WAY HOME.
OKJA (2017) DIR. BY BONG JOON-HO
IN A DIFFERENT WORLD, A NEW BREED OF ANIMALS IS USED FOR FOOD AND FARMING AND A YOUNG GIRL IS NOT READY TO GIVE UP ON THE CREATURE THAT BECAME HER FRIEND.
MELANCHOLIA (2011)
DIR. BY LARS VON TRIER
THIS FILM IS ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD AS A PLANET MELAMCHOLIA IS ABOUT TO DESTROY EARTH. A NEWLY MARRIED YOUNG WOMAN JUSTINE IS UNDERGOING THROUGH SIGNIFICANT CRISIS.
HARD TO BE A GOD (2013)
DIR. BY ALEXEY GERMAN SR.
BASED ON THE STRUGATSKY’S BROTHERS’ STORY, THIS FILM HAD BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF CREATION FOR 14 YEARS AND WAS PREMIERED AFTER THE DEATH OF THE DIRECTOR. IT FOLLOWS LIFE ON A MEDIEVAL PLANET THAT UNDERGOES A CHANGE OF POWER AMONG ITS RULERS.
DOCTOR WHO (1963 – NOW) CREATED BY SYDNEY NEWMANN, C.E. WEBBER & DONALD WILSON
THIS TV SERIES DOESN’T NEED ANY INTRODUCTION, AS IT IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST TV SERIES HAS EVER BEEN BROADCASTED. THE STOREY FOLLOWS A PECULIAR DOCTOR THAT TRAVELS ACROSS ALL THE UNIVERSES TO SAVE THE WORLD WITH HIS SPECIAL MULTITOOL SCREWDRIVER ON THEM.
Yours,
5TO9 FC