A word about the Happening. Onto Cube! What defines horror? We love Repo; Saw is still lame. The necessity of a psychological breakdown. Clue hunting with your audience. The impact CG has on suspension of disbelief. Character exposition. Remaining unknown. Keeping your head down. Conspiracy theories. Same evidence, different conclusions. What is the cube? Equally fucked. Storyboards and framing in a cube. Blasphemous sequels. Michael’s homework. Dragons in the future. Deceptive marketing. Revisionist history. Treatment of technology. Another take on CG. Combining CG with models. Michael feels silly. Evolution. Science in creature films. Revisiting the LxG challenge.
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Cube: 6:07 | Reign of Fire: 25:20
Also referenced: Southland Tales, The Happening, Saw, National Treasure, The Da Vinci Code, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Constantine, I am Legend, Jurassic Park, Shoot Em Up, Eyes Wide Shut, Cabin Fever, The United States of Leland, The Attic Expeditions, Rainman, JFK, Rob Zombie (The Devil’s Rejects), Nothing, Paris Je T’aime, The Matrix, Children of Men, The Dark Knight, Cloverfield, Starship Troopers, Hellboy
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Cube
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Director: Vincenzo Natali
Writer: Vincenzo Natali, Andre Bijelic, Graeme Manson
Starring: Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David HewlettNicky Guadagni, Andrew Miller
7 complete strangers of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in an endless kafkaesque maze containing deadly traps.
Reign of Fire
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Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka, Matt Greenberg
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler
A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting fire to everything, establishing dominance over the planet.
