{"id":4251,"date":"2017-12-05T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2017-12-04T14:06:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T20:06:43","slug":"worlds-austin-2017-preview-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2017\/12\/05\/worlds-austin-2017-preview-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Other Worlds Austin 2017 preview Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Returning for a fourth exciting year,\u00a0Other Worlds Austin<\/a>, one of the premier SciFi Film Festivals in the US, features some of the best and unheralded genre films. Beginning on Thursday December 7 at\u00a0Flix Brewhouse<\/a>, the four day event includes 16 full length films, a slew of shorts, and a screenwriting workshop. Not terribly surprising to anyone who regularly follows my writings, I’ll be at the event.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what to expect at Other Worlds Austin 2017<\/p>\n

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9<\/h2>\n

10 AM – 11:30 AM FILM TALKS: PHILIP EISNER TALKS EVENT HORIZON
\nBLACK HOLE TO HELL: THE USE, REUSE AND ABUSE OF ARCHETYPES IN SCIFI AND HORROR (AND SCIFI HORROR)<\/em><\/h2>\n

Location: Austin School of Film at Motion Media Arts Center
\nAddress:\u00a0\u00a02200 Tillery Street – Austin, Texas 78723<\/p>\n

(Open to the public, but please RSVP as a courtesy<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Can the familiar still frighten you? How do movies marvel us with visions of a future inspired more often than not, by other movies we\u2019ve seen? Join acclaimed screenwriter Philip Eisner (EVENT HORIZON) as he breaks down some well-travelled cinematic set pieces (haunted houses, mystical swords, blood-thirsty monsters) across the genres to show how writers build off memory to construct their own mythology. Featuring clips from a variety of films, this workshop is perfect for genre filmmakers and fans alike. Remember, where we\u2019re going, we won\u2019t need eyes to see.<\/p>\n

12:10PM UNDER WORLD SHORTS<\/h2>\n

Taste<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Adrian Selkowitz | USA | 13min
\n<\/strong>Writer:\u00a0<\/strong>Lauren Kincheloe<\/p>\n

Claire, a beautiful and calculating trophy wife, has convinced her husband to invite an influential Hollywood power couple to dinner, believing that preparing an elaborate meal for them might result in her starring in her own cooking show. Things begin to go awry when the arriving guests step over a woman’s naked body in the driveway.<\/p>\n

Paul’s Bad Day<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Phil Bucci | USA | 2min<\/strong><\/p>\n

After blacking out, Paul wakes to find his world changed forever. (Alumi: Special Forces\u201816)<\/p>\n

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Greg Emetaz | USA | 8min<\/strong><\/p>\n

Claire purchases an antique educational toy that reignites fond memories from childhood and lays bare the sorry state her life is now in.<\/p>\n

Mary & Marsha in the Manor of Madness<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kris Theorin | USA | 3min<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sinister secrets await as Mary helps her girlfriend Marsha escape from her parent’s gothic mansion one dark and eldritch night, a Lovecraftian escapade through the Manor of Madness.<\/p>\n

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Mikhael Bassilli | USA | 7min<\/strong><\/p>\n

A man mysteriously finds himself in a room with a couple dead guys, a gun, some money, and a dubious gentleman observing from the shadows.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Claude Leblanc | Canada | 9min<\/strong><\/p>\n

When J.-F. is inexplicably drawn to the chair in which a man committed suicide, style isn\u2019t the only thing the leather antique brings to his home.<\/p>\n

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The Summers Brothers | USA | 4min<\/strong><\/p>\n

A couples night goes off the rails when one couple reveals they’re blood sacrificing devil worshippers. And then things get weird…(Alumni: The Bench \u201916)<\/p>\n

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Andrew Hamer | USA | 10min<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this adaptation of the George G. Toudouze classic short story, an American lighthouse crew become unnerved when a ship ignores their light, running aground on the reefs. They soon discover that something is on board the ship, and it’s not human.<\/p>\n

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Rosita Lama Muvdi | USA | 24min<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this psychosexual fairy tale set in a small fishing village, after Hector threatens to end his affair with Mia, she discovers a mysterious woman, Mara, washed up on shore, naked and with a hook lodged into her ribcage.<\/p>\n

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Nicholas Santos | USA | 4min<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the final act of a slasher film, Bruce attempts to reclaim his manliness and impress the final girl by finishing off the killer.<\/p>\n

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12:25PM\u00a0CLOSER THAN WE THINK<\/a>\u00a0(WORLD PREMIERE)<\/h2>\n

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Brett Ryan Bonowicz | USA | 85min<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cast:\u00a0<\/strong>Syd Mead, Aubrey de Grey, and Matt Novak<\/p>\n

From 1958 to 1963, a Sunday comic strip predicted the future. Arthur Radebaugh’s Closer Than We Think represents mid-century futurism at its most daring and optimistic. From Robot Driving to Space Monkey Colonies, Radebaugh’s visions of the future heavily influenced The Jetsons and many of his predictions have come true in the decades since the strip first ran in newspapers. Featuring interviews with designers\u00a0Syd Mead\u00a0<\/strong>(Tron, Blade Runner), and\u00a0Rick Guidice\u00a0<\/strong>(NASA), futurists like\u00a0Kirk Citron\u00a0<\/strong>(Editor of The Long News), scientists like\u00a0Aubrey de Grey\u00a0<\/strong>(SENS Research Foundation) and historians of mid-century futurism, this documentary tells the story of Arthur\u2019s life and explores what it means to predict the future.\u00a0A love letter to the mysterious illustrator from those of us living in his future. (Alumni: The Perfect 46 \u201914)<\/p>\n

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2:45PM SCIFI SHORTS – ALL THAT CAN BE KNOWN<\/h2>\n

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Elan\u00a0<\/strong>Dassani &\u00a0Rajeev Dassani | USA | 21min<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Yusef discovers his beloved wife Ayana is a Sleeper, a living android bomb left over from a past war, he has only one choice: flee with her to the border of the Machine homeland in the desert, and pray they can make it before time runs out.<\/p>\n

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Natalie Jenison | TEXAS | 15min<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alan’s new job as a member of a security scan team is to do nothing but attend the mysteriously non-functioning scanner under the watchful eye of a paranoid boss until he fixes the machine and unwittingly opens a portal into the unknown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Quantified Self<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gleb Osantinski | USA | 16min<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writers:\u00a0<\/strong>Gleb Osatinski, Danielle Ellen<\/p>\n

When well-meaning parents turn the self-tracking into a family religion, the consequences fall outside the quantifiable.\u00a0(Alumni: House at the Edge of the Galaxy \u201914)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Olga Osorio | Spain | 9min<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summer of 1982. Teo claims he has found a wormhole. His brother \u00d3scar does not believe him… at least not for now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dan Horrigan | UK | 6min<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the evacuation it’s possible to go months without seeing another human being. So we turned to Pleasure Core ltd to keep us human – and being human has some dark surprises.\u00a0(Alumni: Populace \u201916)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Ningyo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Miguel Ortega | USA | 27min<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writers:\u00a0<\/strong>Miguel Ortega, Tran Ma, Gregory Collins<\/p>\n

Professor Marlowe finds a piece of a map pointing to the place where the Ningyo, a mythical Japanese creature, could be found. He decides to risk everything and go after the Ningyo on his own in hopes to bring to light what could be one of the greatest contributions to science. What he could not anticipate is that, in his search, he is confronted with a choice that puts the very foundations of his morality to the test.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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3:00PM\u00a0PAINLESS<\/a>\u00a0(TEXAS PREMIERE)<\/h2>\n

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Jordan Horowitz | USA | 91min<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writer:<\/strong>\u00a0Jordan Horowitz
\nCast:<\/strong>\u00a0Joey Klein,\u00a0Evelina Marie,\u00a0Kip Gilman,\u00a0Pascal Yen-Pfister<\/p>\n

Born with a rare condition that leaves him alienated and unable to feel physical pain, Henry Long becomes obsessed with finding a cure. A need for normalcy leads him down a dark path where he must decide if finding a cure is worth paying the ultimate price.<\/p>\n