cine + octo = boo

for those of you just tuning in, back in March first-time director Mark Region dropped a puzzler on the world in the form of the trailer for his first feature film shot on 35mm titled After Last Season. what followed was months and months of speculation, second guessing, and utter confusion.

Trailer for After Last Season

everything about this film looks amateur — so much so, that it appears completely intentional. some have even speculated that the film is some sort of viral marketing campaign. for what? who knows. i’ve come across some claims that Spike Jonze is somehow behind this, and that it’s related to his upcoming film Where the Wild Things Are. i don’t see a connection, but i suppose anything is possible.

who is Mark Region? the name seems preposterous, although some have actually spoken to the man. other times actor Jason Kulas has stepped into the role of spokesperson. but why? is it the inconsistencies that plague the film’s origins? someone funded this, it cost $5 million (yes, THAT cost $5 mil), so what are the details here? Region claims this was his first opportunity to shoot on 35mm, but everything i’ve seen appears to look almost like video, not film.

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ep.0505 – This Place is Death

Since the first day Rousseau pointed a rifle at the losties of Oceanic 815, her backstory has taunted us. Finally, FINALLY we get the juicy bits we’ve all craved so much. The sickness. Montand’s arm. And Jin? With timejump flashes wreaking havoc on our dear losties, it makes sense (in a LOST sort of way) that Jin might find himself displaced in time, but this raises all sorts of questions about time and those pesky little things called paradoxes.

Case in point, when Danielle’s scientific team decides to explore the tunnel below the hieroglyph adorned temple, Jin senses danger and implores her to remain with him above ground. Later, Jin witnesses as Danielle murders her husband, believing that he has become infected by smoky. This certainly fits with the story present-day Danielle has told Sayid (and others). We know that the fate of Danielle and her team is a direct result of her decision to stay above ground. The question is, was Jin always the reason she decided to stay above ground in this crucial moment? Did she have any recollection of Jin in the present timeline?

“You’ll find it at the well.”

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