Alejandro Escobar

eXistenZ

Why this is interesting to me

This is a very weird movie, it involves the concept of virtual reality gaming, at the end, you find that there are more layers into the drama.

At some point, I suspected that the bad acting was actually due to the bad acting inside video games (am not sure).

At some points, the fantasy was broken due to lacks in the “realism” but at the same time, this fractures on credibility opened the path for surprise.

Ideas to explore:

  • Some flaws in “realism” can lead to new dimensions.
  • Breaking the credibility can set the mind of the spectator onto a different and exploitable mood.