A24 has been on a tear. Just last year the indie factory farm
released The Witch, Green Room,
The Lobster, Moonlight, and a ton of
other fantastic movies. Basically, they can do whatever the hell they want and
I’ll at least give it a shot. If nothing else, it’ll be interesting. Such is the
case with their new mystery science fiction project. There’s not much to go on
from this trailer, which looks a little like Word Association: The
Movie. Take a look.
It seems like A24 borrowed a page from Bad Robot’s “Mystery
Box” playbook. From the little bit we see, whatever the hell this is looks
intriguing, full of esoteric themes of identity, life, and death. Watching this trailer, the immediate comparison is Shane Carruth (Primer,
Upstream Color), though there’s still a distinct vibe that sets
it apart from his work.
According to The Playlist (who also not the similarities to
Carruth), when the trailer was originally uploaded to YouTube, it bore the
title TOR TSR WITNESS. Again, I have no clue what that
means. If you do, holler.
The only other clue is the tagline: “In our near future.”
That’s vague and doesn’t reveal much. It’s also a fact easily gleaned from the
footage in the trailer, which is full of images and technology that are
simultaneously familiar, yet obviously somewhat more advanced than what we have
available in the present moment. Of course, this may also mean this project will appear in the near future. Oh, those wily A24 folks.
I suspect if you read Japanese, which I do not, this shot
may offer some kind of insight, but I could be wrong.
Who the hell knows what this is all about, but like I said,
at this stage A24 has earned my trust and I’m a sucker for brainy, dreamy, obtuse
sci-fi. So, I’m totally game. Who made it? Don’t know. What’s it about? No
clue. When will we see it? No idea. But I will most definitely be waiting for
more. How about you, are you in?
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