Fragile Machine

Fragile Machine

DVD cover
Directed by Ben Steele
Written by Darren Dugan
John Pinckney
Ben Steele
Starring Molly Pinckney
Xi
Music by John Banks
John Hockersmith
Ben Steele
Jay Steinberg
Release dates
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
 34 minutes
Country United States
Language Japanese
English

Fragile Machine[1] is an indie cyberpunk[2] short film created by a team of artists called Aoineko.[3]

Plot

Leda Nea is a scientist working for the Göln Remedios laboratory. Following the death of her daughter, Leda volunteers as a test subject in a series of experiments designed to mesh human and machine.

Reception

Fragile Machine was premiered at the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema in 2005[4][5]

Fragile Machine was well received at various film festivals, winning accolades such as:

"Best Animated File Award (2005): The Sedona International Film Festival[6][7]
"Special Tribute for Animation (2005): Imaginaria[8]
"Honorable Mention for Work in Progress (2005): DIY Film Festival[9]

Reviews of Fragile Machine were generally positive. Brett D. Rogers of fps Magazine called the film "a well-styled piece of visual and audio cyberpunk, setting lessons learned from Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell and Metropolis to a beat." [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Fragile Machine (2005)". Imdb.com. 2005-09-03. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  2. ↑ "Fragile Machine". Cyberpunk Review. July 2, 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  3. ↑ "Aoineko Official Website". Aoineko.com. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  4. ↑ "Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema". Wfac.ca. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  5. ↑ "Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema 2005 Event". Anime News Network. 2005-10-20. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  6. ↑ "Sedona Film Festival". Sedona Film Festival. 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  7. ↑ "Absolute Anime • Reviews • Movie Review: Fragile Machine". Absoluteanime.com. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  8. ↑ "imaginaria International film festival". Imaginariafilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  9. ↑ "Film, Music & Books". DIYConvention.com. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  10. ↑ Rogers, Brett D. "Review of Fragile Machine". fps Magazine. fps Magazine. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

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