Ataque de Panico
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Ataque de Panico is a remarkable short film made by Fede Alvarez, a relatively unknown producer from Uruguay. True to the wonder of our networked society he has just been offered a $30m contract after uploading it to YouTube.  |
Have you watched Neil Blongkamp’s precursor to district 9, Alive in Johannesburg? His presents a similar situation to that of Alvarez in terms of exemplifying the nature of networked society and the almost unlimited potential that exists as a result of its “wonders”. Given the predated success of Blongkamp perhaps one of the many dangers of a society networked to the extent that ours now is, is that corporations such as Columbia Pictures (Sam Raimi’s a parent company) with Alvarez and Tristar (distributors of district 9) with Blongkamp constantly seek to find “the next big thing” in a similar manner. Is there a statistic for the amount of people who get “discovered” in this manner and then discarded by the capatalistic forces that such companies represent? I wonder the impact such an experience might have on the lives of these people – whereas prior to the internet and increased societal network capabilities these people would have to seek out hollywood, hollywood through mediums such as youtube now seeks them out – youtube thus becomes the equivalent of a football scout trawling through teams of hopeful youngsters, signing them up and then traumatisingly discarding over 90% of them at will. Though this is purely speculative it is intended to hint primarily at the dangerous reality coexistint with the increased levels of “networking” and ensuing artificiality in society.
Skype conference later – perhaps 11 uk time?