Fragile Machine
Fragile Machine[1] is an indie cyberpunk[2] short film created by a team of artists called Aoineko.[3]
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Directed by | Ben Steele |
Written by | Darren Dugan John Pinckney Ben Steele |
Starring | Molly Pinckney Xi |
Music by | John Banks John Hockersmith Ben Steele Jay Steinberg |
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Running time | 34 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Japanese English |
Plot
Leda Nea is a scientist working for the Göln Remedios laboratory. Following the death of her daughter, Leda volunteers as a test subject in a series of experiments designed to mesh human and machine.
Reception
Fragile Machine was premiered at the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema in 2005[4][5]
Fragile Machine was well received at various film festivals, winning accolades such as:
"Best Animated File Award (2005): The Sedona International Film Festival[6][7]
"Special Tribute for Animation (2005): Imaginaria[8]
"Honorable Mention for Work in Progress (2005): DIY Film Festival[9]
Reviews of Fragile Machine were generally positive. Brett D. Rogers of fps Magazine called the film "a well-styled piece of visual and audio cyberpunk, setting lessons learned from Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell and Metropolis to a beat." [10]
References
- "Fragile Machine (2005)". Imdb.com. 2005-09-03. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- "Fragile Machine". Cyberpunk Review. July 2, 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- "Aoineko Official Website". Aoineko.com. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- "Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema". Wfac.ca. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- "Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema 2005 Event". Anime News Network. 2005-10-20. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- "Sedona Film Festival". Sedona Film Festival. 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- "Absolute Anime • Reviews • Movie Review: Fragile Machine". Absoluteanime.com. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- "imaginaria International film festival". Imaginariafilmfestival.org. Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- "Film, Music & Books". DIYConvention.com. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- Rogers, Brett D. "Review of Fragile Machine". fps Magazine. fps Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 January 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Review at Cyberpunk Review
- Fragile Machine at Rotten Tomatoes
- Fragile Machine at IMDb