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SPOTLIGHT ON
GENRE FILM
What
Will You
Do with
Your
OtherLife?
SCI-FI, SUBJECTIVITY AND TECHNOLOGY
IN OTHERLIFE, THE PROTAGONIST’S VIEWPOINT IS ARREST-
INGLY PORTRAYED, TECHNOLOGY IS SHOWN NOT TO BE
OUR ENEMY, AND AUSTRALIA IS INTEGRAL AS BOTH SETTING
AND STORY-DRIVER. AN EXAMPLE OF SCI-FI MASTERFULLY
DONE DESPITE A LOW BUDGET, BEN C LUCAS’ SOPHOMORE
FEATURE TRANSPORTS VIEWERS TO A RICH CINEMATIC WORLD
– VIRTUAL AND REAL, WRITES MEL CAMPBELL.
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