"Set on the desolate planet of Sirius 6B in the year 2078, the largely forgotten tale is relentless in its misery, from the opening scene where a soldier is brutally torn limb by limb to the closing shot twist (which the sequel confirmed caused the only survivor to commit suicide). It also looks bleak as hell, the color palette rarely straying from murky grays and browns and most of the action confined to rusty underground bunkers infested with rats."
"Interestingly, the film itself had been stuck in its own personal hellhole for more than a decade.screenwriter Dan O'Bannon had completed his adaptation of Philip K. Dick's short story Second Variety way back in 1981. Yet it wasn't until Montreal's Allegro Films finally kicked things into production. It ultimately was without O'Bannon's knowledge, 14 years after his efforts - given some spit and polish by Miguel Tejada-Flores - made it to the screen."
Set on Sirius 6B in 2078, the film portrays relentless misery and violent scenes, beginning with a soldier torn limb from limb and ending with a suicide-inducing twist. The visual palette remains bleak, dominated by murky grays and browns, with much action in rusty underground bunkers infested with rats. The screenplay originated with Dan O'Bannon in 1981 but languished until Montreal's Allegro Films produced it years later after Miguel Tejada-Flores' revisions. The production features Canadian talent including director Christian Duguay and actor Roy Dupuis and used Montreal's Olympic Stadium and a Quebec quarry to create toxic wastelands. These terrains reflect a long-running war between corporate overlords New Economic Block (N.E.B.) and a miners' union.
Read at Inverse
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]