Vanishing Points
Published 2014-07-01
Keywords
- Science fiction,
- cyberpunk,
- virtual reality,
- cyberspace,
- dystopia
- city,
- David Cronenberg,
- eXistenZ. ...More
Abstract
In the science fiction genre, there was a substantial increase in films about virtual reality in the nineties. The settings in these films, which follow the influential model of nocturnal dystopia established by Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982), were all very similar until the end of the decade. However, David Cronenberg would break with these visual conventions in his film eXistenZ (1999). In this article, I will analyse the settings of eXistenZ with attention to the main innovation it introduced: the recreation of a videogame aesthetic as an essential element of the film.References
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