the signal is an american horror film written and directed by independent filmmakers david bruckner , dan bush and jacob gentry .

it is told in three parts , in which all telecommunication and audiovisual devices transmit only a mysterious signal turning people mad and activating murderous behaviour in many of those affected .

the film 's three interconnected chapters ( " transmissions " ) are presented in a nonlinear narrative .

each of them manifests elements of ( besides the overall genre of psychological horror ) , respectively , splatter film , black comedy , and a post-apocalyptic love story .

the signal was met with a mixed but largely positive critical reception .

the signal ( 2007 film )

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the signal ( 2007 ) . directors - david bruckner , dan bush & jacob gentry . stars : anessa ramsey , clark poythress . moria - the science - fiction , horror and fantasy film review .
— here is the uncensored red band trailer from the signal courtesy of ign .
during driving at speeds above 25 mph ( 40 km / h ) , the tire pressure monitoring system ( tpms ) of the 2007 - 2012 nissan sentra receives the signal transmitted from the transmitter installed in each wheel , and gives alarms when the tire pressure becomes low .
the film is both an impressive
calling card
work for the filmmakers and a failure as an actual film .
so is the signal a indie dramedy ? is it a horror movie , is it a science fiction mindfuck ? or how about a suspenseful thriller ? the signal is all of these things . i’m not going to reveal any more story details in this review because i think you’re better off going into this film without knowing what to expect . ( one thing the signal isn’t is the 2007 indie horror film bearing the same title , which , to make things even more confusing , also premiered at sundance . )
the signal is an independent science fiction horror / psychological thriller film written and directed by david bruckner , dan bush , jacob gentry and produced by alexander a . motlagh—four filmmakers who have been collaborating since 1999 in atlanta , georgia . the movie was completed for the 2007 sundance film festival on a budget of only $ 50 , 000 and shot over the course of 13 days .
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— we get a behind the scenes look at the story and characters that make up the signal .
earthy indie - folk rockers ola podrida have contributed their warm cover of joy division’s classic “atmosphere , ” to the horror film , “ the signal . ”
alien ( novel ) — the novelization of the film by alan dean foster .
alien ( 1984 video game ) — the video game based on the film .
alien : the illustrated story — the comic book adaptation of the film by heavy metal .
signal breakdown ( sd , 4 minutes ) - - this decent epk is heavy on clips and a tad repetitive , but should please fans all the same . it focuses on lewis’ path of destruction and the ramifications of a signal like the one portrayed in the film .
three - part tale of horror sees a strange signal start to drive people crazy .
after entering villainous bsod lewis electrocutes himself by punching his fist through a monitor displaying the signal .
is so simple in terms of its premise that the film plunges us into the midst of its outbreak of mass insanity with no explanation ever offered as to the cause of the signal ) .
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this is straight out of the gm service manual and it states 2 antennas . diversity antenna system this diversity antenna system is comprised of 2 antennas , 1 radio antenna module , coax cables , and an fm composite signal from the radio to the left antenna module . in am mode the system functions as follows : the antenna module takes the signal from the rear am antenna . the antenna module amplifies this signal and sends it to the radio . in fm mode the system functions as follows : in this mode the radio supplies 5 - 8v over the fm composite signal wire and this switches the module into fm mode . the antenna module takes signal from the front antenna and mix that signal with the signal from the rear antenna . the antenna module amplifies both signals and sends the combined signal to the radio . the fm composite signal also provides a feedback signal to the antenna module , which indicates the quality of the signal . diagnostic aids poor am and fm radio reception is dependent on multiple influences , some of which may not be vehicle related . areas which have high rf traffic or block the signal path may cause a degradation in radio reception . radio reception may also be influenced by items within the vehicle , but not part of the radio system . such examples are aftermarket electrical accessories or other items which may generated noise in the vehicle electrical system .
the signal itself - - yep , the television transmission in full… ad nauseum . true to its nature , the signal is fairly maddening to try and soak in and will only satisfy fans’ curiosities for a moment .
the signal is the kind of science fiction movie that i love — intense , mysterious , original and extremely ambitious . what is the signal ? it’s a puzzle that keeps you guessing and working to figure it out .
the signal begins with a film - within - a - film , what appears to be an excerpt from a faded , 1970s - era gorefest along the lines of wes craven’s the last house on the left . suddenly it is interrupted at a crucial moment by “the signal , ” a pulsing , infuriating blur of light and feedback . the camera pans back to reveal that the movie , now supplanted by the signal , was being aired on a television in a darkened room . it’s a compelling opening to this flawed , but intelligent horror film about violence , complicity , and the media .
if you get hung up on having to have every little thing in a film explained , then you’ll feel disappointed with the ending . the cause of the signal is never spoon - fed to us but there’s enough hints along the way that we can gather what it’s doing to the people of terminus . but be prepared ; we never get a concrete cause as to what the signal is or where it came from . i didn’t need it either ; the film is done so well that the signal itself becomes like a mysterious character that simply serves as the protagonist in the film . as ben points out :
the signal is told in three parts , in which all telecommunication devices broadcast only a mysterious “signal” turning people into murderous psychopaths . the film is broken up into three chapters ( “transmissions” ) , each of which had different directors during shooting . each part manifests elements of the following genres : splatter film , black comedy , and a post - apocalyptic horror - love story .
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the cinematic release of the film ran 119 minutes , while later video and dvd versions ran 116 minutes due to the different frame rates between film and video . mcintee , 14 .
the real - life surprise of the actors gave the scene an intense sense of realism and made it one of the film ' s most memorable moments . during preview screenings the crew noticed that some viewers would move towards the back of the theater so as not to be too close to the screen during the sequence . in subsequent years the chestburster scene has often been voted as one of the most memorable moments in film . in 2007 , the british film magazine empire named it as the greatest 18 - rated moment in film as part of its
18th birthday
issue , ranking it above the decapitation scene in the omen ( 1976 ) and the transformation sequence in an american werewolf in london ( 1981 ) .
sahr ngaujah dan bush jacob gentry a . j . bowen anessa ramsey david bruckner scott poythress justin welborn the signal
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the brief glimpse of ken and anna ' s relationship prior to the signal indicates that they were hardly normal to begin with .
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it doesn ' t take long for the the signal ' s promising beginning to fade into a haze that leaves the viewer exhausted and irritated .
as a brief grindhouse - era film plays ( a very realistic recreation by co - director jacob gentry ) , it is interrupted by a pulsating , blurry signal . the signal looks almost organic , and we can almost make out shapes in the psychedelic colors , but not before they become distorted and turn into something else .
later , after lewis forces the signal upon him , he becomes even more speculation obsessed , without becoming noticeably more violent .
“the signal” tracklist 01 . don’t look back 02 . transmissions 03 . crash 04 . where did she go ? 05 . escape from terminus 06 . do you have the crazy ? 07 . jealousy monster 08 . signal waltz , 1st movement 09 . flashbacks 10 . infected 11 . signal waltz , 2nd movement 12 . past the noise 13 . terminal 13 14 . what is the signal ? 15 . anything’s possible 16 . atmosphere – ola podrida ( all unidentified tracks by ben lovett )
in a crazy bizarre film , this scene stands out ! ! that’s saying something .
this is a piece of metacinema , a horror film being broadcast as a late - night movie within the story world of the signal , also serving as a distorted programme of what is to come , in what will be a reflexive dramatisation of the psychology of horror . the prologue was in fact cut up and rescored from an earlier short film , the hap hapgood story , originally made by jacob gentry for the 48 hour film tv project – and it is the only suggestion during the otherwise tender character interactions in the opening 15 minutes of the signal that there are terrible human outrages in store .
this is a piece of metacinema , a horror film being broadcast as a late - night movie within the story world of the signal , also serving as a distorted programme of what is to come , in what will be a reflexive dramatisation of the psychology of horror . the prologue was in fact cut up and rescored from an earlier short film , the hap hapgood story , originally made by jacob gentry for the 48 hour film tv project – and it is the only suggestion during the otherwise tender character interactions in the opening 15 minutes of the signal that there are terrible human outrages in store .
there are a handful of low - budget indie time travel movies coming up , and we like this trend . in this one , a physicist invents a device that is able to create small wormholes and bend spacetime . but then shit starts getting weird , including a random dahlia appearing out of nowhere . and a woman who may not be who she appears . you can watch the trailer ! writer - director jacob gentry helped make the underrated 2007 indie film the signal ( read our interview with him here . )
with big hollywood movies , more directors and writers usually spell disaster for a film . too many cooks in the kitchen can create a big mess of a film . such is not the case with
none of the rabbit holes in the signal go that deep . but you do leave persuaded that you ' ve discovered some talented people .
you really need to go out and immediately watch the signal . this is a film that has gotten a lot of positive feedback from the festival circuit and from pretty much everyone who’s seen it . it’s a definite indie horror classic that’s extremely well made with fantastic acting , a great story , and plenty of gore and violence for the hardened horror fan . check out the signal ; i love every second of this film and can’t recommend it enough ! !
a sensor - transmitter integrated with a valve ( installed on each wheel ) transmits a detected air pressure signal in the form of a radio wave . an antenna located in passenger - side front pillar receives the air pressure signal transmitted by the transmitter in each wheel . the tpms reads the air pressure signal received by the antenna , and controls the warning light and the buzzer operations . it also has a judgment function to detect a system malfunction .
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[ the signal ] was replacing my thoughts … it’s a trick . change the way you look at things , the things you look at will change .
if you know the characters , you know the story . but till the very ending , this film has no semblance of a narrative . perhaps the director thought that ' snapshots from the lives at a traffic signal ' would be amusing enough for the audience , but it is not so . as was the case with corporate , traffic signal begins to get involving towards the very end and a few scenes from the second half are moving .
this sometimes magnificent , decidedly strange film is a portrait of a terrible , rapacious man .
technically the film is okay . there is not much effort made to make the film look exceptionally good or shoot it differently . it ' s functional , as is the background music . the songs are strictly okay , but the one song yehi zindagi , picturised with montages of the protagonists ' lives , is where the film comes alive for a few minutes .
inside terminus : the making of the signal ( sd , 15 minutes ) - - serving as a nice companion piece to the directors commentary , this featurette looks at the film’s pre - production , 13 - day shoot , special effects , and tonal balance .
quoting what was quoted earlier in this thread . .
the antenna module takes the best signal from 1 of the 3 fm antenna patterns on the rear window .
about 1 minute into the credits , a video effect similar to
the signal
is shown for a few seconds , and then the credits roll on .
the signal essentially creates hallucinations and makes people think they’re in extreme danger . it creates paranoia , like seeing someone holding a knife when there’s no knife , or hearing someone threaten you when they in fact hadn’t said a word . the longer you’re exposed to the signal , the worse the effect will be .
nominations were announced today . at first glance , no one film jumps out as the big player , but
misdirection is a key ingredient in the film . director eubanks wanted the viewer to continually feel they nearly have a grip on where the film is going ; only to have their notions fall apart when the direction changes again - all the way to the very end .
have really taken this warning to heart . the team of david bruckner , dan bush and jacob gentry has created a film where an electronic signal sent through the television , the radio , phones , etc . changes normal people into raging homicidal maniacs . the mysterious signal distorts perceptions and scrambles receptors in the brain so people’s logic is skewed and they do things they normally wouldn’t do…like kill everyone in sight .
silsila is the
manager
of one traffic signal , that is he collects the
hafta
( protection tax ) from each signal squatter plying his trade . there ' s tsunami , a little scavenger boy , there ' s . . . see full summary »
the blu - ray edition of ’the signal’ offers all of the supplemental content that appears on its standard dvd counterpart . the video features are only presented in standard definition , but fans will find a surprising amount of depth for such a modest , low - budget film .
batter up : lewis ' s weapon for the first half of the film before switching to a tank of bug spray .
brown note : although not everyone who is affected becomes violent , no one can encounter the signal without having their perception of reality altered .
delves into each of these questions and more to make a completely terrifying and entertaining independent film .
i’m not gonna beat around the bush on this one : i absolutely love the signal . it’s a near perfect genre flick that contains elements of romero’s the crazies while remaining a wholly original film . this is the third time i’ve watched it and the signal is one of those films that gets better with each viewing . helmed by three directors ( more on this below ) , the plot of the signal is told in three parts from three different perspectives . but this isn’t an anthology film ; we get one coherent plot simply told from three different points of view . for the first time ever i’m gonna tell you to stop reading this review , turn off your computer , and go watch the signal ( available from netflix and it’s having a run on the pay cable channels ) . well what the f * * k are you waiting for ?
the signal is a 2007 american horror film . in the fictional city of terminus , lovers ben and mya are awakened when a barrage of seemingly random sounds and colors begin emitting from ben ' s television . the couple quickly discovers that telephones are similarly affected . ben dismisses the disturbances and tries to persuade mya to finally leave her husband lewis . after making tentative plans to leave terminus with ben the next day , mya returns to her apartment building , but something is terribly wrong . her neighbors are acting strangely and seem to be growing increasingly agitated and violent . her husband lewis most of all . . .
the signal is electrifying , deliciously mad and twisted filmmaking . it ' s certainly not for everyone , but chances are it will inspire many .
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originally , the film was to be directed by walter hill , but he pulled out and gave the job to ridley scott .
t his one ' s a strange film - - a series of staccato , punctuated episodes and incidents about folk living around a traffic signal . when you hear of it , it sounds like an interesting concept . but however you may try stretching it , it just does not have enough meat for a full length feature film .
the signal is a decent horror flick that had the potential of being a great film . the problem with this film is that it starts off promising enough , but halfway through it loses its strength , and becomes a decent flick . what could have been an effective horror flick is brought down by a weak second half . the film is watchable , but it could have been reworked a bit because there are some good ideas on - screen . the films cast do a pretty decent job here , and the plot is pretty interesting as well . the films faults lie in the second half of the film where it falls apart . i think it ' \ s a shame because this could have been a memorable horror flick with an effective plot . unfortunately , the signal leaves you wanting a bit more from the story , and as a horror film . this is a low - budget psycho slasher film that almost gets it right . the script was good , but like i previously stated , if only there could have been a bit more effort put into the second half , it would have made the signal a much more memorable ride . there are some elements that work well , but most of them don ' t quite get there . however you do see the potential of a very good horror film here , it ' s just too bad that some ideas fell flat . overall a decent horror flick that is worth watching , but it leaves a lot to be desired as well . for a low - budget film , this is a decent try ; if only the script would have been reworked a bit , then the signal would have been a terrific film .
the signal is a high concept film with big production value and an intimate character story , completed on relatively low budget — under $ 4 million . the low - fi fx work not only looks great , but feels unique . the practical fx that was done by legacy , formerly the stan winston studio . the film also features beautiful , incredibly artful cinematography , and compositions that you wouldn’t expect from a genre film of this budget level . its no surprise that director william eubank is a former cinematographer .
: the signal messes with peoples ' perceptions . several scenes are re - shot with a different character to show how the perceptions of the infected are warped . in particular ,
. a very funny slasher / horror film , a electronic signal is being transmitted on the phones , tv and radio which make people kill each other there are only a few sane people left , very comical scenes . this film changes the course of infectious zombie movies . opens like a 1970 drive in movie and turns to pure fun . 4 1 / 2 stars
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
we find someone embracing the strange ; dedicating not just a film to it , but letting it , for the most , and brilliant , part letting that strangeness move and alter the film in frustrating , tantalizing , and often unknown and unknowable ways .
premiered at sundance film festival last year , it generated a lot of buzz . it follows three different perspectives ( broken down into segments or “transmissions” in the film ) that are each written and directed by three different people .
what saves this film is the cast that has given noteworthy performances . kunal khemu manages to shoulder the film , and neetu chandra is graceful and watchable . sudhir mishra , with his towering personality and evocative eyes , looks every part the enigmatic mafia don .
made in 2007 ( shot in less than 2 weeks and on a $ 50 , 000 budget ) , the signal was released in 2008 after the filmmakers needed to find a song to replace an unlicensed cover of lou reed’s “perfect day” ( they settled on a joy division cover instead ) . the film’s plot is simple – a signal , transmitted via phone , radio , and television , is inexplicably turning people into psychopaths . not mindless zombies , ( not even semi - mindless like the tool - wielding ones in the crazies ) but rational , resourceful , conversational psychos who genuinely believe they should be killing the people they’re killing . no other crimes – no theft , rape , jaywalking , white - collar crime ; just murder . set in the ( i believe , fictional ) city of terminus , the film revolves mainly around mya ( anessa ramsey ) , her husband lewis ( a . j . bowden ) , and her boyfriend ben ( justin welborn ) .
in 2002 , alien was deemed
culturally , historically or aesthetically significant
by the national film preservation board of the united states , and was inducted into the national film registry of the library of congress for historical preservation alongside other films of 1979 including all that jazz , apocalypse now , the black stallion , and manhattan . in 2008 the american film institute ranked alien as the seventh - best film in the science fiction genre as part of afi ' s 10 top 10 , a cbs television special ranking the ten greatest movies in ten classic american film genres . the ranks were based on a poll of over 1 , 500 film artists , critics , and historians , with alien ranking just above terminator 2 : judgment day ( 1991 ) and just below ridley scott ' s other science fiction film blade runner ( 1982 ) . the same year , empire magazine ranked it thirty - third on its list of the five hundred greatest movies of all time , based on a poll of 10 , 200 readers , critics , and members of the film industry .
that strange signal , however , is coming not just from the television , but from radios , phones , and every other connected device – and as mya makes her way back home to lewis , perhaps for the last time , she bears witness to the signal’s unsettling effects on its human receivers . deranged servants to their own primal impulses , victims of the signal suffer hallucinations that play out their anxieties and desires , even as they remain utterly , forcefully convinced of their own sanity .
the opening sequence is an excerpt from
the hap hapgood story ,
a winning entry in the 48 - hour film festival directed by jacob gentry .
the name of the city in the film is terminus . the movie was filmed entirely in atlanta , georgia which was originally called terminus when it was settled in 1837 .
originally , no film companies wanted to make the film , including 20th century fox . they stated various reasons , most being that it was too bloody . it was not until walter hill came on board that 20th century fox agreed to make the film , on the condition that the violence was toned down ; even after agreeing to make the movie , fox still rejected the first cut for being
too bloody
.
traffic signal also has a major drawback in that it ' s been dubbed , where a story like this was asking for the more - real sync sound .
that strange signal , however , is coming not just from the television , but from radios , phones , and every other connected device – and as mya makes her way back home to lewis , perhaps for the last time , she bears witness to the signal ' s unsettling effects on its human receivers . deranged servants to their own primal impulses , victims of the signal suffer hallucinations that play out their anxieties and desires , even as they remain utterly , forcefully convinced of their own sanity .
in some ways the signal reminds me a lot of pontypool . the stories and very different , but the tone and atmosphere are very similar , and both can be considered “thinking man’s horror” .
i don ' t know about those series ( classic , comfort , pinnacle ) . they sound like llumar films . i wouldn ' t use a dye - based film . i like 3m films because of the daily experience with their film and adhesive products . the 3m colorstable is a nano - carbon , non - metallic film . it ' s better than dye - based for not much more . $ 350 is probably for a ceramic based film ( pinnacle ? ) . and if they are selling the pinnacle then the price should be ok . the question would be if you want the extra heat rejection but the film may be thicker ( distortion ) .
gms update to the document earlier . both are off gms website antenna system important : radio systems with the antenna ( s ) in the glass are subject to posssible interference when an aftermarket window tint is applied . diversity antenna the diversity antenna system may use both front and back windows with an integral antenna built between the glass layers of the windshield and as an appliqué to the rear glass . any damage to the antenna requires replacing the glass . this system is designed to deliver the best radio signal reception possible . two antennas are used to form a diversity system . the primary antenna is part of the rear window and looks similar to the defogger grid . this antenna receives both am and fm signals . the secondary antenna is part of the front windshield and receives only fm signals . the antenna reception signals are sorted out by the radio antenna module . the radio antenna module is enabled when the radio is turned on . when the am or fm band is selected on the radio , the antenna module connects the rear window antenna directly to the radio . in addition , when the fm band is selected an enable signal is sent to the antenna module . superimposed on this enable signal is the strength of the signal being received by the radio tuner . the antenna module switches between the antennas , monitoring the radio signal strength and combines the signals and phase aligns them to create one strong signal
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
leads many to compare it with the philosophy of many zombie films . the sudden violence of the film certainly lends itself to the comparison , as does the brutal scenes of gore . still ,
no one knows for sure what exists in the signal . although many people have heard newscasts ( possibly about murder or terrorism ) and have seen faces and woodlike structures within the transmission of the signal . some people also believe that the signal is the 70 ' s style opening sequence of the movie , shown on ben ' s tv in the beginning , that has been scrambled . the scrambled version of the broadcast has created a superfear of paranoia that subliminally enters the mind and makes some people think everyone is out to get them , but basically the signal just makes people become utterly confused and unable to distinguish between what ' s real and what ' s unreal and between normal behaviour and unusual behaviour . the only problem with this theory is that not everyone was tuned into the same channel that was on ben ' s tv . ( although that really wouldn ' t matter because the signal was on every channel plus all radio stations and even mobile phones ) .
the success of alien spawned a media franchise of novels , comic books , video games , and toys , as well as three sequel and two prequel films . it launched weaver ' s acting career by providing her with her first lead role , and the story of her character ripley ' s encounters with the alien creatures became the thematic thread that ran through the film sequels aliens ( 1986 ) , alien 3 ( 1992 ) and alien resurrection ( 1997 ) . the film also led to two crossover films with the predator franchise , alien vs . predator ( 2004 ) and aliens vs . predator : requiem ( 2007 ) , as well as a prequel series comprising prometheus ( 2012 ) and alien : covenant ( 2017 ) .
their movie premiered at 2007 ' s sundance film festival , but its homemade feel is of a piece with the pseudo - do - it - yourself horror philosophy of
cloverfield
and
george a . romero ' s diary of the dead ,
two current horror movies that suggest the genre ' s prerogatives have undergone a paradigm shift . the subtexts are visibly close to the surface .
the signal
is like a romero zombie movie in which the zombies aren ' t dead , they ' re just really temperamental . evil here is technology - born . maybe our cellphones and satellite dishes are giving us all the crazy . if the message is ,
turn off your tv , put your phones away , and watch more movies ,
you ' ll get no argument from me .
there will be blood establishes itself as a film of darwinian ferocity , a stark and pitiless parable of american capitalism .
a behind - the - scene book was released to accompany the film , titled the book of alien , containing many concept sketches and production photographs , as well as details on the making of the film . topps released a set of trading cards based on the film . a soundtrack album was also released on vinyl featuring selections of goldsmith ' s score , and a single of the main theme was released in 1980 . heavy metal also produced an alien calendar for the 1980 year .
the epic game franchise is getting a huge film adaptation , directed by duncan jones ( moon ) . it’s the war between humans and orcs over the future of azeroth , with good and bad people on both sides of the conflict . everything we’ve seen from this film so far looks just jaw - dropping , and we were excited to hear how many practical effects the film has . fingers crossed that jones can actually pull this off .
with a strong focus on characters and dialogue , the film offers a cast of unknowns and non - professional actors , making the audience feels like it is participating in a discovery on multiple levels . forgoing jump scares and the traditional horror tropes , the film provides a surreal , primal , unexpected and unsettling journey through a society gone mad . we hesitate to tell you more because the signal , which is currently streaming on netflix , is something you need to experience for yourselves .
one thing that really impressed me with this movie was the ending . there is no definite answer as to how the movie ends . the signal has affected everyone in some manner , and the movie seems to end in a few different ways before the actual ending . the final ending leaves the film wide open as to closure , but not in a way that you would be expecting a sequel .
alien garnered both critical acclaim and box office success , receiving an academy award for best visual effects , saturn awards for best science fiction film , best direction for scott , and best supporting actress for cartwright , and a hugo award for best dramatic presentation , along with numerous other award nominations . it has remained highly praised in subsequent decades , being inducted into the national film registry of the library of congress in 2002 for historical preservation as a film which is
culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant
. in 2008 it was ranked as the seventh - best film in the science fiction genre by the american film institute , and as the thirty - third greatest movie of all time by empire magazine .
if transmission one slowly raises the film’s horror to a pitch of explosive intensity , then jacob gentry’s transmission two : the jealousy monster disorients the viewer even further with a violent swing in mood . this time showing the insanity that has afflicted terminus from the deluded perspective of the insane themselves , the film’s middle section plays itself out as high farce – with a bodycount .
the signal ( 2007 ) official trailer # 1 - horror movie hd subscribe to classic trailers : urltoken subscribe to trailers : urltoken subscribe to coming soon : urltoken like us on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken a horror film told in three parts , from three perspectives , in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone , radio , and television . welcome to the fandango movieclips trailer vault channel . where trailers from the past , from recent to long ago , from a time before youtube , can be enjoyed by all . we search near and far for original movie trailer from all decades . feel free to send us your trailer requests and we will do our best to hunt it down .
critical reaction to the film was initially mixed . some critics who were not usually favorable towards science fiction , such as barry norman of the bbc ' s film series , were positive about the film ' s merits . others , however , were not : reviews by variety , sight and sound , vincent canby and leonard maltin were mixed or negative . a review by time out said the film was an
empty bag of tricks whose production values and expensive trickery cannot disguise imaginative poverty
. h . r . giger later commented that alien was a third - rate film , and said that he was secretly glad that he didn ' t
get a fair mention in the screen credits .
the film rambles on with a series of disconnected happenings - - an executive and his wife fight in their luxurious car at the signal , a regular believes giving money to beggars will help his prospects , flower girls fight in the middle of the road , a beggar boy lies about his father being dead , just when the ' dead ' man sits up behind him .
’the signal’ features a competent 1080p / avc - encoded transfer that does a decent job handling a variety of gloomy interiors and heavy shadows . colors have been intentionally robbed of deep reds , but the resultant palette doesn’t suffer from the abundance of blue and brown tones left in their place . skintones look fairly natural , blacks are inky , and contrast is spot - on for a film drenched in murky set design and lighting . while there is a bit of crushing and noise in the darkest shots , there isn’t any significant artifacting , edge enhancement , or dnr . detail is also impressive , especially when considering the film’s meager budget - - the film’s textures and edges may not be as sharp as those in the most expensive flicks on the market , but close - ups and exterior shots are quite crisp and three dimensional . better still , ‘the signal’s hdv source generates the same rickshaw atmosphere as the sd dv - captured footage in ’28 days later’ without falling prey to that film’s pesky resolution and clarity issues .
: not where the signal came from , what it ' s supposed to do , or how to stop it . . . but how you spend your last day when the apocalypse rolls around .
like many of the best comedies and tragedies , this weimar - era silent film understands how each mode is often a hair ' s breadth from the other .
, although is not as effective . the episode does however offer up the films single most demented moment  where scott poythress announces that he can electrically stimulate life back into sahr nguajahs severed head and then proceeds to have a conversation with the decapitated head , which even demands a cigarette from him . scott poythress gives a rather funny performance while under the influence of the signal .
jonathan liebesman ( ninja turtles , battle los angeles ) directs this remake of the popular book turned into a 1995 robin williams film . we don’t know how it’ll differ from that film but i’d expect bigger effects and a slightly different story , enough to warrant its existence .
’the signal’ may not be the latest and greatest evolution of horror to invade your home theater , but it’s a surprisingly solid , well - crafted thriller that offers a great cast and story . despite the low - key , low - budget nature of the production , magnolia has released the film on blu - ray with a faithful video transfer , an excellent dts hd ma audio track , and a heaping portion of supplemental features . while it can’t go head to head with more expensive flicks on the market , ‘the signal’ manages to defy its straight - to - video roots and budgetary limitations to present a film that looks and sounds much better than one might expect . this release is definitely worth a look .
when a woman returns with her husband and son to reopen the orphanage that raised her , she quickly discovers the creepy secret behind her son & apos ; s new friends . producer guillermo del toro may have been the bold - faced name attached to this 2007 spanish supernatural horror , but director juan antonio bayona gets the credit for his ability to extract more from less . like fellow countryman alejandro amenábar & apos ; s the others , bayona eschews an overreliance on cgi in favor of more gothic elements and traditional ghost story signifiers — bring on the dark basements and eerie lighthouses — leading to a slow - burn horror film that rewards patience over cheap shocks . jn
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the battle over the script came to a head when it came time to apportion screenplay credits for the film . according to o ' bannon , the film was originally to be credited solely to hill and giler . [ 4 ] as a result , o ' bannon filed a complaint with the writers guild of america , who eventually ruled in his favor . despite an appeal by hill , the film ultimately credited its story to o ' bannon and shusett , and the screenplay to o ' bannon ; hill and giler were not mentioned at all . however , despite this official ruling , it is certain hill and giler contributed at least some aspects to the finished film .
that’s too bad because the film feels truest when michael is grappling with his contradictions . his struggle , as well as the film’s moody thoughtfulness , the lumet touches and the agreeable presence of sydney pollack in a small role , overtly invokes 1970s american cinema . but mr . lumet and mr . pollack didn’t give hollywood its social conscience , which comes and goes and depends on the audience to sustain it . in some ways , michael is a grimmer , compromised version of erin brockovich , the freewheeling legal clerk in the short skirts who leads the charge against social injustice in mr . soderbergh’s populist 2000 drama . ( michael has to be dragged . ) the main difference is that the earlier film’s optimism feels like a faded signal from a faraway land .
the third transmission falls along the lines of a horror / love story where both interested parties find the wife , and the final twisted showdown comes to a peak . even in the ending , the line between what is actually happening and what is being fed into their minds by the signal is blurry .
. given how obsessed with sex he is ( he has almost no lines not revolving around women ) he may have been affected by the signal as well and become obsessed to the point of not noticing the chaos around him .
with so many horror flicks out there to watch , it’s completely understandable that one or two of the really good ones may have escaped your netflix queue . the signal , written and directed by david bruckner , dan bush and jacob gentry , is one of those . a film about a group of citizens living in the seemingly quiet fictional metropolis of terminus , the narrative is divided into three segments—crazy in love , the jealousy monster and escape from terminus . the film provides an almost indefinable blend of genres—horror , science fiction , comedy and the deep , dark relationship drama .
: jim parsons maintains a supernatural level of obliviousness to the situation around him . this adds some great comedy to the film ' s second act , but unfortunately leads to
lean budget does creep in , the sound design is still pretty solid . the broadcasts of the signal itself are backed by a hellish amount of bass , and even if the surrounds are used a little unevenly , they ' re really effective at ratcheting up the tension . the film ' s dialogue can sound kind of strained at times , but that ' s not all that surprising for a lower - budgeted flick .
if transmission one slowly raises the film ' s horror to a pitch of explosive intensity , then jacob gentry ' s transmission two : the jealousy monster disorients the viewer even further with a violent swing in mood . this time showing the insanity that has afflicted terminus from the deluded perspective of the insane themselves , the film ' s middle section plays itself out as high farce - with a bodycount .
the hap hapgood story ( sd , 9 minutes ) - - glimpsed for a few , brief moments at the beginning of the film , the directors’ 2003 slasher short is available here in its full glory . i found myself shrugging my shoulders on this one , but completists and fans of the “48 hour film project” will get a kick out of its inclusion .
directors’ commentary - - directors david bruckner , dan bush , and jacob gentry sit down for a unique discussion about the trials and tribulations of bringing a $ 50 , 000 production like ‘the signal’ to life . however , instead of patting each other on the back for their individual contributions to the film , each transmission’s director is kicked out of the room so his two remaining comrades can talk about his portion of the film behind his back . it’s a small but crucial decision that easily makes this track worth a listen . to my relief , i found that the directors have a wonderful report with each other as well as a knack for avoiding technical chit - chat in favor of engaging accounts of the low - budget production . they discuss their casting process , their work with the actors , the genesis of the film , and the areas in which they succeeded and failed in their final visions . in the end , if you even remotely enjoyed ‘the signal , ’ be sure to listen to this excellent commentary .
silsila is the
manager
of one traffic signal , that is he collects the
hafta
( protection tax ) from each signal squatter plying his trade . there ' s tsunami , a little scavenger boy , there ' s rani - a gujrati girl selling ethnic clothes on the sidewalk , and there ' s dominic - a drug addict and the prostitute who feels for him . then there ' s silsila himself , who ' s an orphan , and reports to jaffer bhai the local goon . jaffer bhai in turn reports to haji the leader of the local mafia . and the hafta , from each traffic signal and territory haji controls , seeps upward to the politicians . life is routine , until silsila and jaffer bhai get caught up in a chain of events which threatens the very source of their livelihood - the traffic signal itself , and silsila must either remain mute with fear or protest . . .
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it ? s new year ? s eve in the city of terminus and chaos is this year ? s resolution . all forms of communication have been jammed by an enigmatic signal th ( more… )
also if u gona use fm transmitter from inside the car the tint will lower a signal being situated in between the transmitter and the rear window antenna . i don ' t mention night driving with tinted front doors - not 2 easy 2 c mirrors .
the signal
has a spirit of casual elan , as if a few mildly buzzed buddies had tossed around some ideas for a fun exploitation film one night - - maybe after the cable went out in the middle of a game - - and then persuaded some friends to hang out with them and shoot it on spare evenings and weekends . this is a compliment .


we are the giant is a 2014 american documentary film produced and directed by greg barker .

the film had its world premiere at 2014 sundance film festival on january 18 , 2014 .

the film is scheduled for a limited theatrical run from october 30 , 2014 in uk .

a special screening and panel q&a will also take place at london 's bfi cinema on the october 30 , 2014 .

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we are the giant” is both vital and devastating , with raw material conveyed through elegant construction . ”
“ ' we are the giant’ is another prima facie document in the unfolding foreign drama of our time—one that could entirely refashion international relations . the subjects…are deeply inspiring figures . ”
powerful , tragic and ultimately inspirational , we are the giant follows the everyday decisions that transform not just individual lives but the fates of nations . as their stories echo across history , the characters in we are the giant speak directly to our own lives , reminding us that we are all products of revolutions , and offering hope in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds .
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we are the giant / u . s . a . , united kingdom ( director : greg barker ) — we are the giant tells the stories of ordinary individuals who are transformed by the moral and personal challenges they encounter when standing up for what they believe is right . powerful and tragic , yet inspirational , their struggles for freedom echo across history and offer hope against seemingly impossible odds .
“we are the giant” is both vital and devastating , with raw material conveyed through elegant construction . barker asks the hard questions , issuing the frightening possibly of necessary violence when pacifism yields no results .
the project came about when director greg barker approached me at the mill to create the graphics and the visual look of his latest documentary we are the giant . we had an existing working relationship , as last year i designed the titles and graphics for his documentary manhunt : the search for bin laden .
“slickly assembled and insightful . compelling and fluidly told stories of the struggle of individuals . the rather abstract and complex subject of the arab spring is given a human face…in the slickly assembled “we are the giant . ” ( the first story is ) both inspiring and sobering . ”
i remember visiting the museum as a child and being amazed when i came face to face with the blue whale skeleton we are now unveiling in hintze hall .
' nay ! ' answered the child ; ' but these are the wounds of love . '
directed by sundance veteran greg barker , produced by john battsek and julie goldman and co - produced by arab - american filmmaker razan ghalayini , we are the giant was filmed largely in secret and sometimes at great risk over the past two and a half years .
“ ( ' we are the giant ' ) is actually a documentary feature film about nonviolent resistance through the lens of revolutionaries in syria , bahrain and libya , ” said ghalayini , referring to the protests and uprisings beginning in 2010 that came to be known as the arab spring .
“we are the giant” profiles seven activists involved in various national uprisings of the arab spring , several of whom already have high international profiles ; some are now deceased or imprisoned . a surfeit of harrowing on - the - ground footage during protest crackdowns , plus the protagonists’ testimonies , make for a frequently inspiring and exciting documentary . but helmer greg barker [ … ]
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for me , it’s about the power of the subject matter . you cannot cut corners with research and development as the truth of the film needs to come first . any flourish or embellishment of fact diminishes the film . with both we are the giant and manhunt , research was paramount and all - encompassing .
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all day long they played , and in the evening they came to the giant to bid him good - bye .
and when the children ran in that afternoon , they found the giant lying dead under the tree , all covered with white blossoms .
the heart of every revolution is a human one , the signs written by hand . in we are the giant , director greg barker delivers a devastating account of the arab spring , intimately focused on the stories of fathers , mothers , sons , daughters – revolutionaries – across libya , syria , and bahrain with an eye to the world .
the clarion call of a grander moral calling anchors the documentary we are the giant , and in large part saves it from its own overstuffed passion . profiling a handful of activists involved in arab spring uprisings in libya , syria and bahrain , the film mixes unsettling firsthand protest footage with involving stories of self - sacrifice .
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every afternoon , when school was over , the children came and played with the giant . but the little boy whom the giant loved was never seen again . the giant was very kind to all the children , yet he longed for his first little friend , and often spoke of him . ' how i would like to see him ! ' he used to say .
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every afternoon , as they were coming from school , the children used to go and play in the giant ' s garden .
' we don ' t know , ' answered the children ; ' he has gone away . '
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' you must tell him to be sure and come here to - morrow , ' said the giant . but the children said that they did not know where he lived , and had never seen him before ; and the giant felt very sad .
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' who art thou ? ' said the giant , and a strange awe fell on him , and he knelt before the little child .
“the buried giant” is a melancholy book , and the mist that breathes through it is a melancholic mist . the narrative tone is dreamlike and measured . there are adventures , sword fights , betrayals , armies , cunning stratagems and monsters killed , but these things are told distantly , without the book’s pulse ever beating faster . they are described unflinchingly , precisely , sometimes poetically . enemies are slain , but the deaths are never triumphant . a culmination of a planned trap for a troop of soldiers , worthy of a whodunit , is described in retrospect , once we already know what must have happened . stories drift toward us in the narrative like figures in the mist , and then are gone . the excitements that the book would deliver were this a more formulaic or crowd - pleasing novel are , here , when they appear , not exciting , perhaps because they would be young people’s adventures , and this is , at its heart , a book about two people who are now past all adventure . axl and beatrice , gentle and caring and kind , wish only to survive , to reach their son , to be together . they need to remember their past , but they are afraid of what those memories might bring them .
as acting president of the bahrain center for human rights , al - khawaja is one of the leading voices in “we are the giant , ” along with her sister zainab al - khawaja . maryam al - khawaja has been banned from her country of bahrain for participating in peaceful protests against the existing regime . her sister and father , internationally acclaimed human rights activist abdulhadi al - khawaja , are both serving prison sentences for their non - violent acts of resistance .
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' what are you doing here ? ' he cried in a very gruff voice , and the children ran away .
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“we were watching history happen before us , and greg sat down next to me and he was like , ‘this is insane ! ’ and we were looking around and we were among the only two people in this massive office of like 50 who were paying attention to this . and greg and i started talking and we said , ‘you know what ? nobody is going out there to make a film about this right now . ’”
there is a moment in director greg barker’s documentary “ we are the giant ” when we are confronted by a young girl singing a sweet song of revolution in arabic , while a peaceful protest against the syrian government unfolds in the streets behind her . her smile is wide and her voice lovely until a blast erupts no more than a yard behind her , the camera swerving as smoke billows and mangled figures lurch around in confusion . perhaps mercifully , we never see what has become of the girl ; within the same reel , there is another senseless massacre , as one man hoarsely shouts amidst a barrage of bullets , flanked by dead bodies . “it was peaceful ! ” he cries out , unable to understand what prompted the police to open fire .
' but where is your little companion ? ' he said : ' the boy i put into the tree . ' the giant loved him the best because he had kissed him .
in we are the giant ordinary citizens face the same moral questions that have defined revolutionary leaders across the ages , from jefferson to che to mandela . with remarkable access , the film takes its audience inside the lives of six extraordinary people who grapple with the agonizing and universal dilemmas at the heart of all struggles for justice and freedom : whether to take up arms and fight , or to advocate change through peace and non - violence .
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but that future looks uncertain , if the finances are anything to go by . keeping giant pandas has become prohibitively expensive . contrary to the popular impression , the chinese government does not offer pandas to foreign dignitaries , or zoos , as gifts ; in fact , all pandas sent out from china are on paid loan and , as notes to the naturkunde show tell us , “with a loan rate of €1m per annum , this exceeds the budget of many zoos” . at present , the number of pandas kept outside china is 162 overall , with 55 of them living in 19 zoos across the world . there are roughly 1 , 600 giant pandas still living in china , the number confined to mountainous regions of the south - west .
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the passion and idealism that fuel both successful and attempted revolutions provide the human focus of greg barker ’s “we are the giant , ” a dramatic account of people active in the movements sparked by the arab spring . looking at two people each in libya , syria and bahrain , the film doesn’t try to explain the political background or complexities of these societies but instead offers haunting , up - close portraits of individuals who elect to put their nations’ fates above their own .
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whales are incredibly mysterious and behaviourally complex creatures , as well as being the giants of the ocean .
so he crept downstairs and opened the front door quite softly , and went out into the garden . but when the children saw him they were so frightened that they all ran away , and the garden became winter again . only the little boy did not run , for his eyes were so full of tears that he died not see the giant coming . and the giant stole up behind him and took him gently in his hand , and put him up into the tree . and the tree broke at once into blossom , and the birds came and sang on it , and the little boy stretched out his two arms and flung them round the giant ' s neck , and kissed him . and the other children , when they saw that the giant was not wicked any longer , came running back , and with them came the spring . ' it is your garden now , little children , ' said the giant , and he took a great axe and knocked down the wall . and when the people were gong to market at twelve o ' clock they found the giant playing with the children in the most beautiful garden they had ever seen .
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' who hath dared to wound thee ? ' cried the giant ; ' tell me , that i may take my big sword and slay him . '
what we should be doing is saving habitats , not single species , no matter what their cuteness factor . and scrapping all kinds of other pointless activities , from huge arms contracts to self - defeating agribusiness and energy subsidies , and using the money saved to undo the damage we have done to the land and seas around us . that way , we would have lots of cash to stop the destruction of forests and peatlands , and even a few million on the side for such quixotic projects as saving the panda . because these animals are worth it . hunted for sport by the rich , then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development , the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation’s ledger books through false accounting .
years went over , and the giant grew very old and feeble . he could not play about any more , so he sat in a huge armchair , and watched the children at their games , and admired his garden . ' i have many beautiful flowers , ' he said ; ' but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all . '
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6 . before the movie begins , we learn an
african warlord
spent 10 years fighting the aliens in hand - to - hand combat . ( frankly , this is the movie that should have been made , but c’est la vie . ) in the movie , we see warlord dikembe umbutu murder an alien with two machetes .
ishiguro is not afraid to tackle huge , personal themes , nor to use myths , history and the fantastic as the tools to do it . “the buried giant” is an exceptional novel , and i suspect my inability to fall in love with it , much as i wanted to , came from my conviction that there was an allegory waiting like an ogre in the mist , telling us that no matter how well we love , no matter how deeply , we will always be fallible and human , and that for every couple who are aging together , one or the other of them — of us — will always have to cross the water , and go on to the island ahead and alone .
“we are the giant” profiles seven activists involved in various national uprisings of the arab spring , several of whom already have high international profiles ; some are now deceased or imprisoned . a surfeit of harrowing on - the - ground footage during protest crackdowns , plus the protagonists’ testimonies , make for a frequently inspiring and exciting documentary . but helmer greg barker ( “ghosts of rwanda” ) also risks pretentiousness in various forms of stylistic and thematic overreach , while providing viewers scant explanatory info on the regional conflicts . this u . s . - u . k . co - production will have an easier time scoring broadcast sales in the latter territory ; elsewhere , exposure will be spotty beyond fest travel .
putting our blue whale , hope , at the centre of the museum , between living species on the west and extinct species on the east , is a powerful reminder of the fragility of life and the responsibility we have towards our planet .
my favorite book from ishiguro so far which is saying something since i given 5 stars to when we where orphans and the remains of the day is on my favorites list .
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the elderly couple are axl and beatrice — “perhaps these were not their exact or full names , but for ease , this is how we will refer to them” — who start out living in a hill - warren village , ill treated by their fellow britons . axl and beatrice love each other deeply and care for each other as best they can . beatrice has a malady , a pain in her side she insists is nothing serious , for which she seeks a cure . they have reached the age when their memories have become unreliable , when names , faces and even events slip away . but the problems with memory and event are not just theirs ; all the people in their community , and even those in neighboring villages , briton and saxon , appear to be having the same difficulties . there is a mist that takes memories : good memories and bad , lost children , old rancors and wounds . and memories are valuable . they make us who we are .
indeed , the lethal finality of those dangers is central to the first story , about libya . we quickly learn that one of the two figures who are the focus of this account , 20 - year - old muhannad ben - sadik , was killed in the attempt to overthrow dictator moammar ghadhafi . his story is told by his colleagues and the tale’s other protagonist , his father , osama ben - sadik .
' i cannot understand why the spring is so late in coming , ' said the selfish giant , as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden ; ' i hope there will be a change in the weather . '
bookending each of the three segments – libya and syria are the first two entries , with bahrain taking up the greater part of the documentary’s 90 - minute running time – is a kaleidoscopic overview of revolutions from throughout history . images of tiananmen square and the african american civil rights movement glide across the screen , all punctuated by quotations from transformational figures ranging from thomas jefferson to martin luther king , jr . far from overreaching , “we are the giant” implements the framing device organically , with the filmmakers’ idea for equating the arab spring with all of humanity’s great revolutions clearly born from how their subjects constantly reference those from history who inspired them to act . it turns material that could have resulted in a sporadic narrative into a profound statement that the arab spring is a continuation of humanity’s constant efforts to make a better , more just world .
and the child smiled on the giant , and said to him , ' you let me play once in your garden , to - day you shall come with me to my garden , which is paradise . '
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the raindrops of our memories “but then again i wonder if what we feel in our hearts today isn ' t like these raindrops still falling on us from the soaked leaves above , even though the sky itself long stopped raining . i ' m wondering if without our memories , there ' s nothing for it but for our love to fade and die . ” k . ishiguro , the buried giant there are times , i think , one must admit bewilderment and a certain lack of knowledge or learning to fully understand some novels , but can nonetheless say tha
the raindrops of our memories “but then again i wonder if what we feel in our hearts today isn ' t like these raindrops still falling on us from the soaked leaves above , even though the sky itself long stopped raining . i ' m wondering if without our memories , there ' s nothing for it but for our love to fade and die . ” k . ishiguro , the buried giant there are times , i think , one must admit bewilderment and a certain lack of knowledge or learning to fully understand some novels , but can nonetheless say that the story impacted him ; that , in a relatively short read , he inhabited the phenomenal , yet surreal , atmosphere of dense fog that enveloped the terrain and the faded memories of the protagonist medieval married couple ( and of all the population in the mystical land ) ; that he felt for the couple and their lost memories and , most importantly , that he has a deeper understanding , from having read this book , of how much memories are a significant part of who we are and of our love for those in our lives , and yet at the same time our love is more than memories : true love is in our souls and as long as we can see and know those we love , our love will not die , in spite of our vanishing remembrances . i know this sounds mawkish . yet , because i cannot articulate to you exactly why i found the story so profound , i am left to conveying my impressions , however sentimental they may seem .
we are t he giant transports viewers to the front lines of the arab spring through the courageous stories of six extraordinary people grappling with the dilemma at the heart of all struggles for justice and freedom : whether to take up arms and fight , or to advocate change through peace and non - violence . filming largely in secret and at great risk over the past two and a half years , award - winning director and former war correspondent greg barker ( manhunt ) frames intimate portraits of individuals from very different walks of life resolving to stand up for what they believe in and challenge the oppressive regimes determined to crush popular uprisings .
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but the spring never came , nor the summer . the autumn gave golden fruit to every garden , but to the giant ' s garden she gave none . ' he is too selfish , ' she said . so it was always winter there , and the north wind , and the hail , and the frost , and the snow danced about through the trees .
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mobilizing in the streets in libya , syria and bahrain , as well as on facebook and twitter , inspired young activists have been awakening the world to their plight and changing the course of history . among these unlikely heroes are the outspoken sisters maryam and zainab alkhawaja ( whose twitter handle “angry arabiya” has over 40 , 000 followers ) , both fiercely determined to protest for human rights even under perpetual threat of imprisonment and exile . this timely documentary follows the everyday decisions that transform not just personal lives but the fates of nations , reminding us that we are all products of revolutions and offering hope in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds .
if nature is not a prison and earth a shoddy way - station , we must find the faith and force to affirm its metabolism as our own . . . to do so means nothing less than a shift in our whole frame of reference and our attitude toward life itself , a wider perception of the landscape as a creative , harmonious being where relationships of things are as real as the things . without losing our sense of a great human destiny and without intellectual surrender , we must affirm that the world is a being , a part of our own body .
the buried giant is a subtle and melancholy reflection on memory and forgetfulness and the roles they play both in the lives of individuals and those of countries and peoples . it is the kind of novel that yields up its secrets gradually , and it’s worth persisting with even if you are not initially convinced . it’s a very distinctive work—distinctive to the point of eccentricity—and the reviews have been accordingly mixed , some very negative . to enjoy it , you have to cede to its peculiar , incantat
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4 . there’s an entire story about space pilots from across the world . the storyline works because the characters who speak languages that aren’t english are more than a dumb punchline , and because it basically doubles the film as a spiritual sequel to starship troopers .
so much for the gentle giant image . nevertheless , there is also pathos to be found in the museum’s account of his life story . when bao bao died in august 2012 at the age of 34 , he was “the methuselah” of the giant pandas living in zoos . despite his long life , and many attempts to find him a mate , he remained without descendants – so far , at any rate : his sperm has been stored in a deep - freeze and is available for artificial insemination in the future .
syrian friends ghassan yassin and motaz murad committed themselves to peaceful resistance against assad’s tyranny , though the extreme brutality of the regime’s response — we see entire civilian neighborhoods bombed beyond recognition , dead children scattered among the rubble — eventually prompted the rise of the oppositional free syria army .
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“we were thinking about a way to tell a story about , not just the arab spring , but revolution as a whole , and the engaging and beautiful experience that is people standing up for themselves ,
ghalayini said .
and so one thing led to another and within three months i had called maryam and i was like , ‘hey , how are you ? my name is razan , i’m working on a film , can i come visit you or something ? ’ and she was like , ‘are you cia ? what is this ? ’”
3 . the mega ufo has legs , like a spider legs but , you know , the size of a city . one of these legs dig into the east coast of the usa , and stops in the backyard of the recreation of the white house — destroyed in the first film . the city - sized leg of a giant ufo doesn ' t totally destroy the most politically loaded building in the nation ; it just knocks over the american flag on its roof .
and of course , such decisions depend on subjective assessment . as ishiguro shows in the course of this tale , if even happily married couples can hold vehemently differing perceptions of shared memories or objects seen in the distance , how can we hope all to agree on the right course of action in relation to major issues ? the buried giant of the title is an allegory for the buried hatchet ; the repression of hatreds , resentments and the desire for violent redress . it prevents justice being attained , but also impedes the never - ending cycle of tit - for - tat .
if there are rare moments in the buried giant when the plot does teeter into pastiche , and the swords and sorcery can seem a tad silly , then these are more than compensated for by a power and a strangeness that are , in the shakespearean sense of the word , weird . “there’s a journey we must go on , and no more delay …” it is surely no coincidence that these words of beatrice to her husband , displayed prominently on the book’s jacket , should echo the haunting final lines of kent in king lear : “i have a journey , sir , shortly to go . / my master calls me ; i must not say no . ” old age and memory loss , suffering , love and war : what shakespeare explored in the eerie setting of pre - roman britain , ishiguro explores in the context of a period of history barely less mysterious . for all the deconstruction the buried giant performs on its manifold sources and inspirations , the ultimate measure of ishiguro’s achievement is that his novel is more than worthy to take its place alongside them . the quest undertaken by axl and beatrice is not merely a search for their son , but one that follows in the footsteps of sir gawain , and tennyson’s king arthur , and frodo . the novel’s parting assurance is affecting precisely because it is so hard - won : “but god will know the slow tread of an old couple’s love for each other , and understand how bleak shadows make part of its whole . ”
it was a large lovely garden , with soft green grass . here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars , and there were twelve peach - trees that in the spring - time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl , and in the autumn bore rich fruit . the birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them . ' how happy we are here ! ' they cried to each other .
, “to get more investment bang for conservation’s few bucks we need to protect a far greater variety of species than one hardy creature struggling to eat bamboo up a mountain . ”
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downstairs ran the giant in great joy , and out into the garden . he hastened across the grass , and came near to the child . and when he came quite close his face grew red with anger , and he said , ' who hath dared to wound thee ? ' for on the palms of the child ' s hands were the prints of two nails , and the prints of two nails were on the little feet .
what i feel , confronted with these photos , is not just a deep kinship , but also a form of continuity . we are here together and the only way to make ourselves at home is to share the land with these others , the animals which , as shepard remarked , make us human . this was a view held by many berliners back in the time of the wall , as von reiswitz recalled when we spoke at his studio : “during the time of the wall , the zoo was a sort of local recreational area for people from west berlin . this zoo was like a zoo inside a zoo during that time . so , people living in berlin were very close to these animals , because everybody was in a zoo . ”
there are many instances of that scar in barker’s remarkable documentary , an intensely moving account of the arab spring that focuses on the stories of prominent revolutionaries across three different countries : there is osama ben - sadik , a libyan man and virginia - resident whose son , american - born muhannad , leaves behind his life in the united states to join in the fight against muammar gaddafi . in syria we meet motaz murrad and ghassan yazzin , leaders of peace movements , both of them convinced that non - violent protests could inspire reform in the assad regime . then there are sisters maryam and zainab alkhawaja , who join their human activist father abdulhadi alkhawaja to fight against the dictatorship of the al khalifa family in bahrain by utilizing pacifist methods .
even when people are aware of their past misdeeds , can they expect forgiveness ? in a scene in a monastery , wistan challenges a monk on the religious belief that prayer and self - flagellation will absolve crimes .
the self - sacrificing sense of moral necessity felt by the principals here is stirring , as are the numerous frightening sequences of street combat . ( at one point someone’s camera records a little girl cheerfully singing a song , only to have the moment jolted by a shell explosion , the child’s well - being unknown in the ensuing haze . )
we took a day to do a mini - shoot , with a red epic , some plates of the burning and ink moments to have some original transitions . we filmed burns in front of green screen for the animators to eventually incorporate into the animations . i used textures , paint , type , ink , newspaper headlines , photocopies , etc . i thought it was important to stick to a monochromatic language which would evoke newspapers and old photographs .
the move isn’t nonsensical , in the capacity that a child could track what’s happening . there aren’t characters and storylines from a dozen other movies buttressing resurgence — you don’t even need to know the plot of the original . twenty years ago , aliens attacked earth . we won , built a harmonious global community , and advanced our weaponry for when they returned — which is now . how will we beat them this time ? the answer is no less preposterous than its predecessor’s solution : a head cold .
as beatrice says : “if that’s how you’ve remembered it , axl , let it be the way it was . with this mist upon us , any memory’s a precious thing and we’d best hold tight to it . ”
one morning the giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music . it sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the king ' s musicians passing by . it was really only a little linnet singing outside his window , but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world . then the hail stopped dancing over his head , and the north wind ceased roaring , and a delicious perfume came to him through the open casement . ' i believe the spring has come at last , ' said the giant ; and he jumped out of bed and looked out .
as someone who has read all of ishiguro ' s previous works i was of course more than excited to finally get my hands on a copy of the buried giant . oh boy , if only that excitement hadn ' t been sourly crushed by the actual contents of this novel . the buried giant is very different from all of ishiguro ' s other novels . in fact it ' s so different that i can ' t even compare it to any of his previous novels . the main difference is of course that this is essentially a fantasy novel . now i ' ll be the first to
until 2015 the skeleton was hung alongside a model whale in the mammals gallery and wasn’t in full view , but in her stunning new home , where you are able to walk underneath and see her from all angles , she is even more spectacular .
oh boy , this is the book that caused such uproar among ishiguro fans ! before you pick up this novel , please believe me when i say this is going to be nothing like any of his previous work . so if you are resistant to change , you might want to skip this one . don’t expect it to be the remains of the day , and definitely don’t think this is going to be the next never let me go . in fact this book won’t even be set in our own time or even plane of reality . on the surface of it all , the buried giant is
yet are you so certain , good mistress , you wish to be free of this mist ? is it not better some things remain hidden from our minds ?
it may be so for some , father , but not for us . axl and i wish to have again the happy moments we shared together . to be robbed of them is as if a thief came in the night and took what ' s most precious from us .
wrapped around the three accounts are slickly produced graphics ( scored with soaring music ) that invoke popular uprisings before and beyond the arab spring , from the american revolution to more recent upheavals in poland , south africa , china , burma and other countries . though the filmmakers rather dubiously intermix quotes from tyrants and murderers such as lenin and che guevara with others from democratic and non - violent figures including nelson mandela and martin luther king , jr . , the implicit point that all revolutions stem from a universal hunger for freedom is nicely offset by the specificity of the three stories we witness , which illustrate not just the commonalities but also the differences among recent revolts in the arab world .
nevertheless , ishiguro is too subtle and complex a novelist to rest content with such a message . the memory loss that may serve a troubled people as a blessing cannot help but threaten the individual with the dissolution of his or her self . at the heart of the buried giant , luminous amid all the dragons and warring knights , is a deeply affecting portrait of marital love , and of how even the most precious memories can end up vulnerable . axl and beatrice are an aged couple who , in the grip of the mysterious amnesia that has afflicted the whole of britain , abruptly decide to visit a son that they had forgotten so much as existed . in the course of their journey , they meet a boatman in the ruins of a roman villa , whose duty it is to ferry people to an island of the dead . only if a couple can convince him of their devotion will he allow them to travel together . from that moment on , axl and beatrice are haunted by a dread that they would fail such a test , and be separated for ever . “axl and i wish to have again the happy moments we shared together . to be robbed of them is as if a thief came in the night and took what’s most precious from us . ”
one day the giant came back . he had been to visit his friend the cornish ogre , and had stayed with him for seven years . after the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say , for his conversation was limited , and he determined to return to his own castle . when he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden .
you ' ve long set your heart against it , axl , i know . but it ' s time now to think on it anew . there ' s a journey we must go on , and no more delay . . .
the buried giant begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years . sometimes savage , often intensely moving , kazuo ishiguro ' s first novel in nearly a decad
then the spring came , and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds . only in the garden of the selfish giant it was still winter . the birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children , and the trees forgot to blossom . once a beautiful flower put its head out from the grass , but when it saw the notice - board it was so sorry for the children that it slipped back into the ground again , and went off to sleep . the only people who were pleased were the snow and the frost . ' spring has forgotten this garden , ' they cried , ' so we will live here all the year round . ' the snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak , and the frost painted all the trees silver . then they invited the north wind to stay with them , and he came . he was wrapped in furs , and he roared all day about the garden , and blew the chimney - pots down . ' this is a delightful spot , ' he said , ' we must ask the hail on a visit . ' so the hail came . every day for three hours he rattled on the roof of the castle till he broke most of the slates , and then he ran round and round the garden as fast as he could go . he was dressed in grey , and his breath was like ice .
in itself , this promiscuous mixing of influences and periods within a fantasy novel is hardly original to ishiguro . george rr martin , for instance , has always performed it with particular aplomb , fusing plot lines drawn from the wars of the roses with locations that plainly draw on hadrian’s wall or the steppes of genghis khan . the buried giant , though , unlike a song of ice and fire , makes play with the gaps and the seams . they are designed to show . the shimmering of literary influences within ishiguro’s prose is like that of memories within a fading mind : fragments shored against ruin . yet always , haunting the novel , lurks the possibility that the memories themselves may be false . the buried giant cannot help but exist in the shadow of the near - total oblivion that has claimed the period ishiguro is writing about . one character worries that god himself may be afflicted by amnesia – “and if a thing is not in god’s mind , then what chance of it remaining in those of mortal men ? ” ishiguro is less certain than tolkien that what has been forgotten can be redeemed .
for the title sequence itself i worked with a very small team . the mill ' s team consisted of three animators – justin sucara , victor duncan , and greg park – who did a brilliant job of bringing the designs , textures , and concept to life , two producers , and myself as the sole designer and director . i also worked with the film ' s editor , josh altman , who was a fundamental shorthand . we were all eager to make the best of this project as we knew what a great film this is . everyone gave it their best and we made an extremely demanding delivery of 13 : 22 minutes of full - on design and animation in roughly 4 weeks . with a project like this , it ' s a true labor of love with all involved !
but the immediacy of such scenes isn’t really helped by all the filigree barker imposes to provide a big - picture perspective . there are innumerable overly fussy black - and - white graphics interludes ( by vfx outfit the mill ) mashing up imagery and headlines from practically every historical freedom struggle imaginable . adding yet more onscreen text are too many quotes encompassing everyone from jesus to che guevara , mao tsetung , martin luther king jr . , nelson mandela and joseph stalin . of course the issues involved in arab spring uprisings are universal , but so much extraneous material seems to suggest that viewers won’t grasp that unless they’re hammered with reminders of more familiar , similar fights closer to home . at the same time , the pic provides little of the specific backgrounding that would make it more accessible to those not already well versed in contemporary middle eastern politics .
' my own garden is my own garden , ' said the giant ; ' any one can understand that , and i will allow nobody to play in it but myself . ' so he built a high wall all round it , and put up a notice - board .