Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Sci Fi Filmmakers are been obsessed with the idea of been the last person on earth. From zombie films like 28 Days later, an apocalyptic world filled with water in Waterworld, a world runs by machines in Mad Max, or the only person on earth living among apes in Planet of the Apes and last but least a machine with conciseness in Wall.e.

A young couple travel to Iceland to discover the wonders of this country now consider one of the most trendy tourist destination of all. Jenai (Maika Monroe) and Riley Matt O’Leary tour around the most popular locations. Been silly and having fun. One early morning Jenai wakes up and looking at the window she see a mysterious bright light. The next morning the couple head out to get breakfast, but they realized that they are alone. Little by little they walk the streets of Reykjavik, not finding a soul. Local supermarkets, restaurants, the cars are abandoned.

With this setting, the film Bokeh (Dir Geofrey Orthwein) presents a very complex dilemma. How a couple can live alone in a strange country with so much resources, but none to help them?. It seems like so easy to everyone to celebrate you can have access to everything the world has to offer for free, but comes with a price. Since humans depends of mass production of food, people who cook for you, farmers who treat your vegetables and fruits. Jenai and Riley quickly realized that they have everything, but they don’t have anything at all. Constant frustrations, loneliness feelings and even the fear of having an accident are brought to the table, because there are no doctors to treat them in an empty world.

Bokeh is a constant reminder, that we dependes so much of everyone. We need been around people, but we also need them to make the world in constant movement. The apocalyptic story fight the excess of resources and the consciousness of self-preservation.

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