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The themes this film deals with are relevant to a lot of the discussions I am currently seeing on the internet. The main conflict of the film is the difference between experiencing things through the screen (as most of us do today) and going out to experience things physically, with all their consequences.
( idk if itโs just me but lately Iโve seen this being discussed in a lot of video essays on r/dumbphones and lots of other places online.)
May 10, 2025
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I think it's time for a film/art genre catagorization that encapsulates our technological moment, but in a way that centers regular human beings.
Enter, Cyberpunk Neorealism. As the name suggests, it fuses the technological focus of the cyberpunk genre with the italian neorealist focus on the poor and working classes.
What defines Cyberpunk Neorealism?
1)It is contemporary to when it was made.ย ย
2)Focuses on technology being *interwoven with the real social relationships and the real emotional interiors of the characters*
3)Doesn't feature action-adventure escapist narrative fantasy except as a device to reinforce the thesis of the film.
4)Features completely average people(no profoundly talented or wealthy protagonists, nor people with a contrived charisma)
5)Discusses the nature of reality and how it is dissolving into hyperreality. Hyper-layering of culture should be present in the text of the film itself, not just meta-narratives surrounding it.
6)The production value is neorealist while also incorporating contemporary technology. *How would a normal person in the 21st century see the world*?
What is an example of Cyberpunk Neorealism?
In my opinion, We're All Going to the World's Fair(dir. Jane Schoenbrun) is the perfect example of the above concepts, especially how the protagonist interacts *and interfaces with technology* in her life.
This was quite a rant by my own standards, but I'd like to hear people's thoughts on this idea.
Jan 18, 2025
SUCH a good video essay and is (in a way) a multi-recc bc the video itself introduced me to a few sci-if movies/shorts that I havenโt heard of and definitely want to watch based on the breakdown and thesis of this video. highly recommend. recommended it to my brother immediately after watching
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when movies are about alienation and isolation or some shit ๐๐๐๐๐
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