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