Behind-the-scenes highlights of sleep dealers

Sleeper is the first feature film written and directed by Mexican filmmaker alex rivera. The root of his creation mainly stems from his love for science fiction. Rivera said, "I grew up watching science fiction such as The Chronicle of Mars. Of course, the series "Star Wars" also had a profound influence on me ... When I was a little boy, my favorite movies were Brazil and blade runner. However, when I grew up, I also realized that although this type of science fiction story has wild imagination and countless visual effects, it still contains many areas to be developed-so I began to seriously think about whether it is necessary to create an opportunity to inject some new and exciting changes into science fiction works. "

Alex rivera has always been deeply interested in stories related to immigration, because in his view, they truly feed back one window after another in modern society. Rivera said: "There are too many topics worthy of attention here, including global economy, labor law, border policy, identity issues, homesickness and sense of belonging ... all of which are closely related to the vital interests of immigrants and reflect a special social situation. Actually, I didn't go to a formal film school. I majored in political science in college, so the visual imagination I used in Sleep Dealer was completely studied through trial and error. At the same time, the tools I rely on are not only cameras, but also a lot of digital technologies-since I started making short films, it has become one of my main film means, because in my opinion, cameras can't capture all aspects of the real world we live in, so I have to rely on some auxiliary tools to process and supplement it. In this film, computer animation is mostly used to present the imaginary world of the characters, almost as many as the pictures taken by the camera. Science fiction, a branch of popular culture, is itself versatile, forcing people to face up to the marginal problems of the world. I hope that through Sleep Dealer, objective themes can promote digital practice, and I feel obligated to tell a brand-new Latin American story, including choosing a visual language that breaks all rules. "

Alex rivera first had the idea of making Sleeper into a sci-fi movie, which dates back to 1997. Living in new york City, he witnessed the rapid development of the influence brought by the Internet. Rivera said: "I remember that the cover of Wired magazine marked the arrival of the' global village' era in a preview way ... but the president at that time. Pete Wilson, the governor of California, actively promoted the passage of a series of bills, including agreeing to attack the children of immigrants in a rude way. At that time, I felt that this situation was not surprising-technology made the whole world more and more closely linked, and at the same time, national boundaries and boundaries showed a more differentiated role than before ... However, I was still strongly attracted by the concept of' global village', and I thought that if we started from. I began to seriously think about this possibility and wanted to cultivate a world view related to the future through the' global village'. After years of deliberation and research, I finally worked out a story framework around the' near future', telling the openness of science and technology and the closure of borders. In this environment, I will exert my imagination and slowly add one role after another to it. The longest step in the production of Sleeper is to get to know these characters and interweave their lives. Is my screenwriter partner David? Ricoeur, we have created three main roles together: Maimo Cruz, a migrant worker from Mexico, works in a factory with low wages and long working hours through the Internet; Rudy Ramirez, an American soldier, remotely controlled unmanned aircraft to protect the assets of consortia around the world; Lutz? Martinez is a journalist. She uses her blog to sell her memories. She uses high technology to let people see what she witnessed.