So unreal a film by Amanda Kramer

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kramer, Amanda Film director, screenwriter.

Ascalon, Josh, composer (expression).

Shearn, Benjamin, film producer.

Yanick, Joe, film producer.

Harry, Debbie, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence in motion pictures.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Science fiction films.

Technology in motion pictures.

Future, The, in motion pictures.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Documentary films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (97 min., 33 sec.)) sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Unites States?] Twenty twenty four [2023]

Language Note:

In English with optional English closed captions

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Amanda Kramer's SO UNREAL is a cinephile's visual essay examining a canon of films that dared dream beyond the threshold of the real. Across a 30-year span - 1981 to 2001 - depictions of 'future shock' technologies such as artificial intelligence, cyberspace, and virtual reality grew in both frequency and complexity. Cinema in these years provided an outlet for humanity's intertwined anxieties, fears, and fantasies about the brave new frontiers looming ahead. Narrated by Blondie icon Debbie Harry, SO UNREAL mines the substance and subtext of cyber-minded landmarks like Tron, Videodrome, Brainstorm, Terminator 2, Tetsuo, Lawnmower Man, Hackers, The Matrix, and dozens more. Soundtracked with deep cuts from the electronic underground, and styled with CGI-glitch FX, SO UNREAL maps the subcurrents of euphoria and dystopia simmering in the cinematic subconscious of the end of the 20th century.

Amanda Kramer's SO UNREAL is a cinephile's visual essay examining a canon of films that dared dream beyond the threshold of the real. Across a 30-year span - 1981 to 2001 - depictions of 'future shock' technologies such as artificial intelligence, cyberspace, and virtual reality grew in both frequency and complexity. Cinema in these years provided an outlet for humanity's intertwined anxieties, fears, and fantasies about the brave new frontiers looming ahead. Narrated by Blondie icon Debbie Harry, SO UNREAL mines the substance and subtext of cyber-minded landmarks like Tron, Videodrome, Brainstorm, Terminator 2, Tetsuo, Lawnmower Man, Hackers, The Matrix, and dozens more. Soundtracked with deep cuts from the electronic underground, and styled with CGI-glitch FX, SO UNREAL maps the subcurrents of euphoria and dystopia simmering in the cinematic subconscious of the end of the 20th century."-- Provided by Digital Gym

Participant:

Narrated by Debbie Harry.

Credits:

Producer and director, Amanda Kramer ; original score, Josh Ascalon ; producers, Benjamin Shearn, Joe Yanick

Notes:

Originally released as a documentary film in 2023

Online resource; title from title frame (viewed December 19, 2025)

OCLC:

1564313884

Publisher Number:

688187004877

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Restricted for use by site license