COMING SOON!
currently in post-production
Directed by
STEVE BALDERSON
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Starring
Xander Berkeley​
Sarah Clarke
Mink Stole
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SYNOPSIS (from the book)
A terrifying new program has been developed—it allows employers to view the memories of their employees! Companies will know everything their workers have experienced. Some welcome this technology. Others resist...
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REVIEWS (of the book)
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"When I was growing up, my favorite science fiction tales were those that wanted you to fear the future. Or at least to understand the threats it would bring and to be prepared. What Joseph has accomplished with this play is bringing that fearful future to the present. Just like in the real world outside of our window, we arrived at that future we have long been warned about.
The first act of the play feels all too familiar. Anxiety and insecurity fills the trough of conversation between a pair of lovers. One side in perpetual self defense, hiding shame over past deeds and thoughts, the other side unflinchingly dismissive of the questions and concerns causing so much strife. The dialogue between the two reminds me of the casual neuroticism of my favorite early 1990s indie films. Conversation that exposes the animosity two characters have for one another, despite the plot’s insistence that their relationship is special to one another.
The second act takes us into a muted version of a classic sci-fi scene. Reminiscent of the Blade Runner interview sequences, we are now faced with a corporate probing of the mind. Much in the same way that tech companies use data mining techniques to find out everything about us as consumers and employees and as just people trying to live their private lives. More directly, the technology in this play searches out one’s most hidden secrets, those desires or opinions that are often best kept in the dark. The sorts of thoughts and traumas that we prefer to examine by ourselves, under private or therapeutic circumstances, if ever at all. The very concept of our shadow selves laid out to be seen by others, against our will, would make most of us squirm with erratic discomfort."
- Chaouie​
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