Sleep Dealer. You need to see this movie.

[Code Unknown]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8oSRSzS7M

The trailer does not do it justice. A profound and important work for our times on a number of levels. Anti-immigrationism, corporate militarism, drone bombers, globalization, technological connection, technological alienation, scarcity, privatization and on and on, it's all in there. And it's just plain good. Netflix it, torrent it, do what you gotta do, just see it ASAP.

[8bitagent]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8oSRSzS7M

The trailer does not do it justice. A profound and important work for our times on a number of levels. Immigration, drone bombers, globalization, technological connection, technological alienation, scarcity, privatization and on and on, it's all in there. And it's just plain good. Netflix it, torrent it, do what you gotta do, just see it ASAP.

I saw it! (of course I LOVE anything cyberpunk)

The biggest commentary I felt is how easy it is to convince someone to pilot a UAV predator drone to go murder people halfway around the world and not think twice about it, other than feeling "patriotic".

I also got the message of immigrants, and how corporations have abused and misused migrant Mexicans for slave labor.

[operator kos]

The trailer was lame, but I can see that there's a good movie behind that. Any idea if it's out on DVD yet?

[Code Unknown]

The trailer was lame, but I can see that there's a good movie behind that. Any idea if it's out on DVD yet?

Yep.

[Hugo Farnsworth]

YES. YES. YES! Two thumbs up.

[elfismiles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8oSRSzS7M

The trailer does not do it justice. A profound and important work for our times on a number of levels. Anti-immigrationism, corporate militarism, drone bombers, globalization, technological connection, technological alienation, scarcity, privatization and on and on, it's all in there. And it's just plain good. Netflix it, torrent it, do what you gotta do, just see it ASAP.

Have seen it on the rack at my local video store. Have it already on my list to see.

Glad to hear it is worth renting.

- SMiles

[LilyPatToo]

Did this ever go into wide release? I've been addicted to cyberpunk since the day I got hold of Neuromancer and keep an eye out for it, but never heard of this movie until this evening...?

LilyPat

[8bitagent]

Did this ever go into wide release? I've been addicted to cyberpunk since the day I got hold of Neuromancer and keep an eye out for it, but never heard of this movie until this evening...?

LilyPat

Same here. I've seen pretty much anything even remotely described as cyberpunk(Tetsuo the Iron Man, A Scanner Darkly, Blade Runner, Tank Girl, Hackers, Fifth Element, Casshern, Immortel, The Fifth Element, Renaissance, Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina, Ghost in the Shell series, Akira, Hardware, Terminator 2, Aliens, etc)

It's funny, they've come close to making a Neuromancer movie...but I feel in a way many Neuromancer films have been made

[Hugo Farnsworth]

@Lilypat

It's available on Netflix, so yes i would say it is far and wide. Was a sneak on me too.

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[LilyPatToo]

Thanks, Hugo, but I meant a wide release in theaters. I watch the entertainment news pretty closely (well, unless I'm really short of time, like right now) and hadn't seen that title mentioned as an upcoming release. The trailer said something about it having won an award at Sundance, so perhaps it had a limited release and either didn't come to the Bay Area or I was distracted and missed it. I'm the kind of movie buff who prefers to see films while sitting in the dark with strangers

8bitagent, thank you for that list of c'punk movies--I've seen a lot of them, but not all, so I'll add the latter, along with Sleep Dealer, to my NetFlix list. There was also a not-great version of Gibson's short story Johnny Mnemonic and TV miniseries Wild Palms. And Paycheck (PKD/John Woo!). And another one that's teasing my aging memory but not quite surfacing...

LilyPat

[8bitagent]

Thanks, Hugo, but I meant a wide release in theaters. I watch the entertainment news pretty closely (well, unless I'm really short of time, like right now) and hadn't seen that title mentioned as an upcoming release. The trailer said something about it having won an award at Sundance, so perhaps it had a limited release and either didn't come to the Bay Area or I was distracted and missed it. I'm the kind of movie buff who prefers to see films while sitting in the dark with strangers

8bitagent, thank you for that list of c'punk movies--I've seen a lot of them, but not all, so I'll add the latter, along with Sleep Dealer, to my NetFlix list. There was also a not-great version of Gibson's short story Johnny Mnemonic and TV miniseries Wild Palms. And Paycheck (PKD/John Woo!). And another one that's teasing my aging memory but not quite surfacing...

LilyPat

No problem. And yeah SleepDealer was a pretty low budget indie film that barely came to any independent theaters.

Now on the subject of just plain good/interesting/make you think movies, I'd recommend:

The Science of Sleep
Waking Life
OldBoy
Irreversible
Primer
Paprika(anime film)
The Caveman's Valentine
Cremaster 3
Holy Mountain
The Constant Gardener

[justdrew]

Did this ever go into wide release? I've been addicted to cyberpunk since the day I got hold of Neuromancer and keep an eye out for it, but never heard of this movie until this evening...?

LilyPat

Same here. I've seen pretty much anything even remotely described as cyberpunk(Tetsuo the Iron Man, A Scanner Darkly, Blade Runner, Tank Girl, Hackers, Fifth Element, Casshern, Immortel, The Fifth Element, Renaissance, Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina, Ghost in the Shell series, Akira, Hardware, Terminator 2, Aliens, etc)

It's funny, they've come close to making a Neuromancer movie...but I feel in a way many Neuromancer films have been made

check this one out:
very cyberpunk...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypher_%28film%29

Synopsis: Directed by Vincenzo Natali (CUBE), CYPHER is a paranoid sci-fi thriller that some have compared to the work of Philip K. Dick. Jeremy Northam stars as Morgan Sullivan, a computer programmer who... Directed by Vincenzo Natali (CUBE), CYPHER is a paranoid sci-fi thriller that some have compared to the work of Philip K. Dick. Jeremy Northam stars as Morgan Sullivan, a computer programmer who gets a new job at Digicorp, hoping that it will alleviate the boredom of his existence. Digicorp has hired him to join their corporate espionage division, sending him on assignments to investigate the activities of rival companies. As he goes about his duties, he meets another corporate agent, Rita (Lucy Liu), whose revelations cause him to question the nature of his new job.

it's better than the synopsis might sound, and... well, I won't spoil the ending...

[LilyPatToo]

Thank's for the Cypher suggestion, justdrew--it sounds as though it's right up my dark, crime-ridden c'punk alley. And Lucy Liu too Another addition to my NetFlix list, for sure. The only way a person is likely to find out about movies like this is in a thread like this, it seems. So many really interesting themes are explored in films that most of us never hear of at all.

8bitagent, when you mentioned the wonderful The Contstant Gardener above, that elusive memory FINALLY popped into my mind, because it starred Ralph Fiennes too. It's called Strange Days and here's its IMDb plot summary. (what a relief! I feel like a cat that's taken 24 hours to cough up a particularly stubborn hairball )

LilyPat

[ultramegagenius]

is Tetsuo the Ironman really cyberpunk? that shit was crazy! As far as Takashi Miike goes, i'd say Gozu is one of the best.

[Peregrine]

The only way a person is likely to find out about movies like this is in a thread like this, it seems. So many really interesting themes are explored in films that most of us never hear of at all.
LilyPat

There's a really cool thread here on overlooked films. May wanna take a gander at that list, too.