MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST » Alex Rivera on SLEEP DEALER
source: http://mightymoviepodcast.com/blog/2009/04/18/alex-rivera-on-sleep-dealer/
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Alex Rivera felt that there was more that could be explored in cyberpunk. He looked at the idea of humans jacking into cyberspace, and saw a way that corporations could get their cheap labor without making the workers go through the whole, messy business of crossing the border. Thus was born SLEEP DEALER, a science fiction adventure in which a hapless, Mexican cyberhacker falls afoul of the U.S. government (you don’t mess around with anyone who sponsors a TV show dedicated to relaying live feeds from armed drones), and winds up in Tijuana laboring away in a “sleep dealer,” otherwise known as a virtual factory.
With a mostly Latino cast and a vision of the future that treads the line between BRAZIL-like absurdity and disturbing possibility, SLEEP DEALER makes for one unique indie project. I sat down with Rivera to explore how he pulled it off.
With a mostly Latino cast and a vision of the future that treads the line between BRAZIL-like absurdity and disturbing possibility, SLEEP DEALER makes for one unique indie project. I sat down with Rivera to explore how he pulled it off.
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