Comments on: Duncan Jones Explains Why His Sci-Fi Film ‘Mute’ Is Such A Difficult Movie To Make

By: Sam Davis

Sam Davis — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:51:25 +0000

Mean\’t to place @Sous Chef Gerard in the body of my comment obviously. My apologies.

By: @Sous Chef Gerard

@Sous Chef Gerard — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:51:25 +0000

I don\’t it that way at all. All hard SF deals with many of the same issues that people deal with today and I think it\’s an awesome idea to set one of the myriad human dramas (this will undoubtedly have some action/thriller elements in them though) in the future like REAL SF does.

The most difficult part might be, depending on how far in the future this film is set, getting the audience to connect when they\’ve never before seen anything like what they\’re looking at on screen. Unfamiliar landmarks, vehicles, styles of dress, etc.

The studio might see the FX budget and wonder why there aren\’t space dogfights, aliens, and laser guns, but as Jones said, that isn\’t the point. The point, I think, is to present moviegoers with a more subtle presentation of a future world. One where the tech, architecture, and science fiction-y elements aren\’t shoved in their faces. Not made to be the focus.

If the film is sufficiently atmospheric I think people will start to take notice of all of that stuff in addition to the story being told.

I hope he gets to make it.

By: Sous Chef Gerard

Sous Chef Gerard — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:51:25 +0000

\”It’s a film noir that just happens to take place in the future. So for film investors its like, ‘Why are we setting this film in the future? Can’t we just do it ‘now’?’ But it’s like, ‘No, that’s not the point.’ \”

Unless he explains to the financiers why it must be in the future, then he\’s being a fool to assume someone is going to give him money for a future tale that could easily be done in the now.