This movie is so smart, low-key and funny. I think the low budget made the only-slightly alternate reality world building work really well. The details are very thought out. Dean Imperial plays the lead and is in my top five favorite movie characters/performances. Surprisingly he's never acted in anything else. The only reason I can think that it didn't get more attention was that it came out in 2020. Highly recommended.
Un repartidor de mercancías se filtra en un trabajo mejor remunerado como "cableador" dentro de una enigmática compañía en expansión porque debe afrontar la onerosa atención médica de su hermano. Pronto tendrá conciencia de que algo pernicioso toma forma y prospera a su alrededor.
"Lapsis", la propuesta de Noah Hutton, se desarrolla en un mundo distópico que es prácticamente el mundo actual, y a pesar de ser una mezcla de drama con thriller de ciencia ficción -si estiramos la definición de los géneros lo suficiente- no está exenta de un cierto humor, con corrosivo gusto en ocasiones, aparte de sus metáforas y sus retratos de lo verídico (existe una enfermedad llamada "omnia", que está cada vez más extendida en el mundo, y se manifiesta como una fatiga constante de las personas. Su tratamiento en clínicas especializadas, real o fraudulento, cuesta una auténtica fortuna y los doctores parecen aves rapaces con sus pacientes. Además, hay pasajes cargados de diálogos sobre los perversos monopolios y la explotación de sus trabajadores, que podrían interpretarse como una especie de germen de la revolución desde adentro).
Como toda película sci-fi de bajo presupuesto que se precie de serlo, "Lapsis" puede parecer al final caprichosamente inaudita o chocante, porque aparte de su bien articulada historia, gratas actuaciones y convincente atmósfera, es una cinta a la que se le nota definitivamente la estrechez, pero la verdad es que Hutton y compañía saben bien qué hacer dentro de la austeridad, y resulta tan perspicaz que constantemente entretiene
No alcanza a dar el golpe de knockout rotundo quizá porque no se decide a definirse a propósito de la preponderancia de lo simbólico sobre lo real -o viceversa-, pero tiene el suficiente instinto y la manifiesta capacidad de manufactura como para tomársele muy en cuenta a la hora de pasar un buen rato de solaz y esparcimiento.
Today 5th July, Signature Entertainment release Noah Hutton‘s indie sci-fi drama, Lapsis. Fancy winning a Digital HD copy of the film?
Your life belongs to the machine…
Struggling to support himself and his brother, Ray takes up work in the gig economy, laying cable to connect mysterious floating cubes.
His new job is strange and highly pressured but extremely lucrative. As time passes his job…
In Sci-fi Drama Lapsis UK Trailer Your Life Belongs To The Machine
In Sci-fi Drama Lapsis UK Trailer Your Life Belongs To The Machine
Your life belongs to the machines as Signature Entertainment release the UK Trailer for Noah Hutton‘s indie sci-fi drama, Lapsis.
At the end of 2020 Noah Hutton‘s intriguing sci-fi caught our attention and 6 months on we’re weeks away from it’s UK and Irish release. It was a film with a message that resonates globally, the gig economy or here in the UK refers to people on Zero Hours contracts,…
SYNOPSIS: In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. After a series of two-bit hustles and unsuccessful swindles, Ray takes a job in a strange new realm of the gig economy: trekking deep into the forest, pulling cable over miles of terrain to connect large, metal cubes that link together the new quantum trading market. As he gets pulled deeper into the zone, he encounters growing hostility and the threat of robot cablers, and must choose to either help his fellow workers or to get rich and get out. (by filmmakers)
REVIEW: When you think about the contemporary battle with Amazon that involves workers, unions, robots, and other technology, LAPSIS is the perfect entertaining thought piece to address these issues with a highly creative parable. It is a wonderfully craft dark comedy that is full of irony and satire that springs from the tragedy of these familiar caught up in a timeless drama.
I loved the way that LAPSIS clearly lays out how new technologies emerge that have a human component and as the technology evolves it becomes disruptive in how it treats and compensates workers as the corporations realize the workers will eventually be phased out. In our modern times it has become insidious as the workers are expected to perform like the machines that will ultimately replace them. Noah Hutton does an excellent job of integrating all these socially relevant themes into his screenplay and holds it together with an engaging cast of characters. Being from a large family from Queens, NY, I kind of know a character like Ray, a good-natured guy with family responsibilities who is always on the look for that one job with a big enough pay-off to just get him out from under things. Ray does not consider the consequences outside of trying to take care of his family obligations, until the world of cabling and the robots that could overtake him and steal his routes. As his eyes are opened he begins to see there is more at stake. Ultimately he must decide if he will just stay focused on his smaller objective or throw in with his fellow cablers’ fight against the corporation. It is a nicely constructed tale with several interesting characters that make this a timeless classic for the current working generations.
The cast may not include any A-list Hollywood celebrities, but it is composed of many talented actors whose faces you may recognize from their work on television or other independent films. They bring a lot of heart and substance to these characters that make them so recognizable, so easy to watch that the viewer easily slips into the story and goes along for the ride. They make LAPSIS a delight to watch.
Filmmaker Noah Hutton does an excellent job of creating simple situations and a low tech new situation that allows the viewer to stay focused on the human drama of the story. He writes solid characters, a timeless situation, and sets it up without any complications for the viewer to grasp. While the story addresses larger issues, he keeps the film focused on Ray. The film maintains a nice pace and he still manages to show Ray as a flawed and vulnerable character that we can feel for. When Hutton does up the technology we are introduced to these very simple robots. You kind of feel for them as well. While the humans can overcome obstacles and imperfections in the terrane of their routes, simple things can hang up the robots and require human intervention.
If the film itself wasn’t motivation enough to purchase the DVD, the bonus features absolutely seal the deal. There is an audio commentary track with Noah Hutton and the producers that offer some engaging insights into the film. There is a making of featurette that enhances some of the things discussed in the commentary and shows the creative genius behind the team. Then there is a bonus short “Guts” It si a documentary about Dr. Max Liboiron and CLEAR, a feminist, anti-colonial marine plastics lab in Newfoundland. Their science informed some of the ideas as well as filmmaking practices used in LAPSIS and was directed by Noah Hutton and Taylor Hess.
LAPSIS is an intelligent and witty contemporary science fiction story that offers viewers an entertaining, charming, and thought provoking experience. I truly appreciate filmmaker Noah Hutton’s creative spirit. I am totally looking forward to seeing his next film, “In Silico,” which is a documentary about neuroscience. In the meantime, I highly recommend picking up the Film Movement DVD of LAPSIS with all the bonus before it is sold out.
CAST: Dean Imperial, Madeline Wise, Dora Madison, Babe Howard,Frank Wood, James McDabiel, and Arliss Howard.
CREW: Director/Screenplay/Composer/Editor - Noah Hutton; Producers - Jesse Miller, Joseph Varca, & Taylor Hess; Cinematographer - Mike Gomes; Production Designer - Alexander Linde; Costume Designer - Sandy Siu; special Makeup Effects Artist - Esther Kwon; Animator - Paris London Glickman.
OFFICIAL: www.lapsisfilm.com
FACEBOOK: N.A.
TWITTER: twitter.com/Lapsis_Film | @Lapsis_Film
TRAILER: https://youtu.be/c1tpjgGIxm8
RELEASE DATE: Digital & DVD May 11th, 2021
**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay), or 👎 (Dislike)
Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri
Struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother, delivery man Ray takes a strange job in a strange new realm of the gig economy.
Very enjoyable to watch. Maybe a bit long. But I love the lo-fi approach and excellent world building. The specific story is absurd, but at the same time it feels completely real and believable. And it's taking aim at the (self-)exploitation of workers and also pseudo-science.
