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culture2 months ago•8 min saved

Digital Labyrinth: Gen Z and the Backrooms Phenomenon

Backrooms, A24's feature-length adaptation of a viral meme directed by Kane Parsons, translates Gen Z's anxiety about life online into a mutating, algorithmic labyrinth where work and home blur into one endless space; drawing on gaming and internet culture (Portal 2, Minecraft) and surfacing concerns about AI and a tightening job market, the film became a Gen Z sensation, aided by a real 30,000-square-foot set and Parsons's rise from meme creator to Hollywood director.

via The New York Times|

#ai #backrooms #culture

architecture2 months ago•25 min saved

Backrooms' labyrinth of liminal spaces unsettles architects

Production designer Danny Vermette explains building about 30,000 square feet of practical, liminal-set interiors with a 1990s aesthetic for the Backrooms film, a design-heavy approach that may thrill—and make architects cringe at—horrific, tactile detail.

via Dezeen|

#architecture #backrooms #liminal-spaces

entertainment2 months ago•29 min saved

Kane Parsons explains turning Backrooms into a film-and-series universe

In a candid Variety interview, Kane Parsons explains how the Backrooms started as a YouTube series and evolved into a feature with A24, detailing how he safeguarded his creative vision while studios joined the project, his fascination with liminal spaces as cosmic horror, and plans to expand the world beyond the film with future chapters and YouTube content.

via Variety|

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arts-and-culture3 years ago•3 min saved

Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto: The Emotional Genius and Timeless Composer.

Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who died last week, was a master of conjuring layered emotion in his film scores. His music explored the intersection of beauty and terror, and the way a soul can survive even as a body falters. Sakamoto's scores were interested in the liminal spaces where words falter but emotions thrum, and his music has continued to score those spaces in the lives of his listeners.

via msnNOW|

#arts-and-culture #emotion #film-scores