![]() ![]() But in my opinion this only works to the film's advantage. The film was made on a low budget and the plot and style were kept simple. I wouldn't recommend this film to the average fan of space opera. The plot's theme has a hint of Eraserhead (Ballard's story was published a year before David Lynch's film was released), whereas stylistically it resembles Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville and Weekend, or perhaps Fassbinder's World on a Wire. It's Sci-Fi, but refreshingly devoid of techno-gadgetry. The story is set in a dystopian future, in which human populations are dwindling fast because almost all babies become mutants and are thus either aborted or post-natally disposed of. As a Ballard fan I started watching this with low expectations but found myself pleasantly surprised. Ballard adaptation is definitely worth checking out. If you like art-house sci-fi films, then this J.G. ![]()
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