Fragile Machine
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| 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 |
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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 | edit source]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 | edit source]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]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- [1] Official website
- [2] Review at Cyberpunk Review
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