A highly original and impressive debut film, 'Navigate' revolves around the deceptively simple premise of a man who begins to doubt himself and his relationship with his wife based on the two bits of technology he has become reliant on - mobile phones and his car's GPS system.
'Navigate' is genuinely suspenseful with an unsettling, eerie mood, contrasted with some very funny observations about day-to-day repression in the Australian suburbs, (including an unhinged, shirtless neighbour as an interesting antagonist.) Building on the work of man vs machine classics like '2001 - A Space Odyssey', 'Navigate' is a fresh take on the way technology disrupts the way we construct meaning, decide what is and isn't real, and its capacity for magnifying our paranoias and phobias. Sound design and music are particularly well-used as the main character slowly unravels before our eyes.
Provocative and perfectly paced, 'Navigate' will make you think next time you put too much stock in devices, not people!
'Navigate' is genuinely suspenseful with an unsettling, eerie mood, contrasted with some very funny observations about day-to-day repression in the Australian suburbs, (including an unhinged, shirtless neighbour as an interesting antagonist.) Building on the work of man vs machine classics like '2001 - A Space Odyssey', 'Navigate' is a fresh take on the way technology disrupts the way we construct meaning, decide what is and isn't real, and its capacity for magnifying our paranoias and phobias. Sound design and music are particularly well-used as the main character slowly unravels before our eyes.
Provocative and perfectly paced, 'Navigate' will make you think next time you put too much stock in devices, not people!