Michael Arias' and Takashi Nakamura's Harmony screening on Fantasia International Film FestivalSTORY70%DIRECTION62%VISUALS80%POSITIVESVisually masterfulIntricate storyNEGATIVESVery difficult to understand, largely due to the directionCharacter's drawing2016-07-3071%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (0 Votes)0%
Based on the homonymous novel by Project Itoh, which received the Philip K. Dick Award in 2010, “Harmony” takes place in a utopia of the future, after nuclear war and disease have plagued and destroyed a large part of the world. As the planet’s population has deteriorated vastly, the focus of this utopia is towards the common good rather towards the individual. In that fashion, two technologies were implemented: WatchME, a system of nano-machines implanted in every adult to monitor all of his bodily functions; and Medicare, that treats the problems WatchMe finds.
The story revolves around Tuan, a girl who has fled from the utopian environment of Japan to sub-Saharan Africa, supposedly to observe the...
Based on the homonymous novel by Project Itoh, which received the Philip K. Dick Award in 2010, “Harmony” takes place in a utopia of the future, after nuclear war and disease have plagued and destroyed a large part of the world. As the planet’s population has deteriorated vastly, the focus of this utopia is towards the common good rather towards the individual. In that fashion, two technologies were implemented: WatchME, a system of nano-machines implanted in every adult to monitor all of his bodily functions; and Medicare, that treats the problems WatchMe finds.
The story revolves around Tuan, a girl who has fled from the utopian environment of Japan to sub-Saharan Africa, supposedly to observe the...
- 7/30/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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