In the not-too-distant future, the world has been ravaged by environmental disaster and people are living in oxygen bubbles just to survive. Or, maybe everyone’s thoughts are being controlled by the thought police and self-expression has been banned. Maybe a few scientists made an all-powerful AI that now rules over all humans. Sound familiar? These …
As technology becomes more invasive and culture becomes more conformist—two trends more related than not—it’s understandable that Orwell and Huxley’s dystopian visions are often food for inspiration. Greatland nibbles, taking place in a future that assumes our weaknesses will exacerbate until they become our oppressors. While the country of Greatland partakes in some of the customary dystopian …
Trapped in a world of perpetual fun and inter-species love ruled by a universal Mother, a teenage boy crosses the forbidden frontier to save his childhood sweetheart as an absurd election and deadly virus lead to chaos and violence. Greatland is quite easily one of the weirdest films I have ever seen, it is a …
