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Also Known As: Aurora |
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| Year of first release: 2012 | |
| Director: Kristina Buozyte | |
| Actors: Jurga Jutaite, Marius Jampolskis, Brice Fournier | |
| Country: B, F, LT | |
| Genre: SF | |
| Conditions of visioning: 05.04.2013, Centre des Beaux Arts, BIFFF2013 | |
| Synopsis: A neuron-transfer scientist experiments with the thoughts of a comatose young woman. He is supposed to report all what he sees and feels, and to be only an observer. | |
| Review: Vanishing waves goes at the edge of the neuroscience, where electrical waves of the brain can be observed and studied by machines. The ethically critical step is to replace the machine by a human by linking directly both brains. The way it is explained seems very realistic and it is therefore even more scarying, like for The fly by David Cronenberg. The rules are then broken by the test scientist because he does not fhis own life. The esthetic is definitely as in an experimental movie, where the dreams are suggested by design location with design furniture and an intemporality of the lights. The music full of bass reminds that we are in the body of the character. All the scenery has been well thought and well realised, to feed both the intellectual level of the viewer (complex story, limits of the science, ethical question) and the physical level as well (music, scenes without dialogue). The actors could have been better, but for an indie movie,the result is really good! The director has a good future in front of her. I am already looking forward for the next one. |
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Rating: 7 /10
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Vanishing Waves (2012)
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I also liked this movie and it was one of my favorites of the BIFFF 2013, in spite of the defects that you mentioned. My rating is 7/10 as well. I was impressed by how good could be a Lithuanian production and direction. The scientific apparatus are coldly described and don't look cheap or ridiculous. The sound design is great.
ReplyDeleteWhat it reminded me most of is an episode of the The Outer Limits TV-series entitled Mind over Matter (1996), which story is very very similar, but the overall message and ending are different.