It looks like the wave of new sci-fi is building, Casimir Effect is set for the festival circuit in 2011. Alvarez looks like he may have something here, though ther is no plot as such the atmosphere is there and I love the robots big clunky robust just want you want for an invasion fleet.
Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Planning “The Next District 9″ From Uruguyan Hot Shot Federico Alvarez
The hotly tipped future talent of the minute is Federico Alvarez, a 30 year old Uruguyan behind the YouTube smash sci-fi short called Panic Attack – which you can see below the break. So far, Alvarez seems to be following a very similar racing line to the one Neill Blomkamp has roared around over the last few years.
Whereas Blomkamp’s breakthrough short was Alive in Joburg, a shaky-cam alien invasion picture set in South Africa, Alvarez has now made his crash landing with Panic Attack… a shaky-cam alien invasion picture set in Uruguay. The latter features rather more giant robots, however, which you may see as a very good thing.
Blomkamp’s protector/mentor in making the transition to feature length filmmaking was Peter Jackson, while Alvarez has in turn been taken under the wing of Sam Raimi. Apparently the two have already spoken at length and the expectation is that Raimi will help Alvarez make the transition to feature filmmaking without too much interference from suits and money men.
Here’s Panic Attack for your consideration.
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November 29th, 2009 at 10:14 am (Quote)
If Hollywood starts locking onto the idea that this is the way to introduce fresh ideas and talent it can only mean good things for Casimir Effect!
Loved the look of Panic Attack, those first shots of the robots coming through the mist are beautiful! The way it shows the progression of the invasion it doesn’t matter that there isn’t much of a plot.