Back in 2016, Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard (under the pseudonym “Seth Ickerman”) became internet sensations after directing Carpenter Brut’s “Turbo Killer” music video. Some seven million views and three years later, “Ickerman” returns with more hyper-stylized synthwave sensationalism in the fiftyish-minute sequel Blood Machines. More intergalactic trance-pop imperialism, more Carpenter Brut nightline bass thumping, […]
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- 10/2/2019
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
*there are a few spoilers here. Directors/writers: Raphaël Hernandez, Savitri Joly-Gonfard. Cast: Elisa Lasowski, Anders Heinrichsen, Noémie Stevens, Christian Erickson. Blood Machines is a film from directors: Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard; collectively, they are known by the pseudoname Seth Ickerman. Together, they also created the visually stunning music video "Turbo Killer," with composer Carpenter Brut. Fans should view this video, to know how visually stunning Blood Machines actually is. In the story for Blood Machines, two scavengers target a ship and down it on a remote planet. On the surface, these two men encounter a demonic artificial intelligence, which they pursue to ghostly ships' graveyard. The film has a spiritual element, which is very dark in tone. The many upside down crosses might clue viewers into where this film is going (to hell). Meanwhile, this film fan was reminded of a few other films and music videos, while watching this one: Event Horizon.
- 9/19/2019
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The guys who run the Kickstarter campaign for Blood Machines: Turbo Killer 2 are not fooling around: with more than double the target amount netted and less than 24 hours remaining on the counter, they still introduce new rewards! One of those new extras is a bigger version of the hardcover artbook which was one of the rewards already, with plenty more pages added. So Carpenter Brut and Seth Ickerman are targeting my weak spots now, are they? Don't tell me action figures and an even sexier poster are next... oh wait, they are. Blood Machines is a follow-up slash sequel slash embellishment to the magnificent Turbo Killer videoclip released last year, and in it, a couple of space bounty hunters pursue what seems to...
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- 1/4/2017
- Screen Anarchy
If you - like me - are among those who were wildly impressed by French duo Seth Ickerman's retro-futurist music video Turbo Killer and have been eagerly awaiting their reunion with musical act Carpenter Brut for their expanded sequel, Blood Machines, well ... things just got a whole lot more interesting. We wrote about the Blood Machines Kickstarter campaign - set up to raise the funds to go push the length of the sequel up to thirty minutes while also greatly increasing the scope of things - a couple weeks back and the good news comes first with word that they have already exceeded their goal with that. And what does that mean? It means we're getting more ... more may mean a further expansion...
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- 12/22/2016
- Screen Anarchy
This is exactly what we all need on a Friday: 4 minutes of awesome.
Seth Ickerman, the name of the French director duo Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard, first teamed up with musician Carpenter Brut last year when they directed the music video Turbo Killer. Or perhaps the music is a companion to the 4 minute short. I'm not sure how that all came together but it really is the best 4 minutes of anything I've seen in months.
There are spaceships, flying cars, upside down crosses, aliens, alien hunters and the entire thing looks and sounds like it was made in the mid 80s. The influences are many and some more obvious than others but it all makes for a hugely entertaining bit of video.
Now the team is looking to expand the universe even [Continued ...]...
Seth Ickerman, the name of the French director duo Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard, first teamed up with musician Carpenter Brut last year when they directed the music video Turbo Killer. Or perhaps the music is a companion to the 4 minute short. I'm not sure how that all came together but it really is the best 4 minutes of anything I've seen in months.
There are spaceships, flying cars, upside down crosses, aliens, alien hunters and the entire thing looks and sounds like it was made in the mid 80s. The influences are many and some more obvious than others but it all makes for a hugely entertaining bit of video.
Now the team is looking to expand the universe even [Continued ...]...
- 12/16/2016
- QuietEarth.us
[With the Blood Machines Kickstarter campaign closing in on its goal the Seth Ickerman team have just released a fantastic new poster for the project. That's it to the left.] It was just back in February that we shared the dazzling retro futurist music video for French electronic musician Carpenter Brut's Turbo Killer labeling it at the time a piece of eye candy of the highest order. A collaboration between Carpenter Brut and French directing duo Seth Ickerman, that Turbo Killer video was a marvel of low budget filmmaking - an enormous testament to how bid ideas and even bigger talent can overwhelm limited resources to create something magnificent. Seriously: If you haven't seen it already then click on that link above and watch it...
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- 12/16/2016
- Screen Anarchy
It was back at the end of February that we posted the amazing trailer for French electronic act Carpenter Brut's latest single Turbo Killer from the super talented directorial duo Seth Ickerman. If you've not seen that video yet you can find that original post here - and you really should - and if you have, well, now's your chance to see a bit of how they did it. The Ickermen are pretty much flat out geniuses when it comes to wringing maximum effect out of minimum dollars (or Euro) and they have just posted a nearly five minute long behind the scenes video from the making of Turbo Killer to give a little peek behind the curtain. It's well worthwhile. Check it out below....
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- 6/29/2016
- Screen Anarchy
The title was about the best way I could describe whatever This is. If I had an infinite amount of descriptors to really break it down I would say it's like Grindhouse without the gore and sci-fi that utilizes a classic muscle car chase scene. That really doesn't roll off the tongue so I went with what I had above.
Here's what doesn't need explaining. This is a music video directed by Seth Ickerman, and the song is "Turbo Killer" by Carpenter Brut! Enjoy!
Here's what doesn't need explaining. This is a music video directed by Seth Ickerman, and the song is "Turbo Killer" by Carpenter Brut! Enjoy!
- 3/17/2016
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Leave it to the French to bemoan the death of 35mm in the midst of a sci-fi thriller. In the case of Ickerman, an impressive looking debut from newcomers Raphaël Hernandez & Savitri Joly-Gonfard, the story concerns a high-school teacher on a mission to save his best friend from virtual world of the future. Bring it on.
With original music by Robin Coudert (aka. "Rob") (Maniac, Horns), this proof-of-concept teaser was filmed in one-night in Paris' business district La Défense and produced in record-time (three months with only one VFX artist) with a limited budget. They're hoping to start filming in early 2017 once they secure funding.
Official Synopsis:
Taking place in a futuristic megalopolis where new technologies and virtual reality are rulin [Continued ...]...
With original music by Robin Coudert (aka. "Rob") (Maniac, Horns), this proof-of-concept teaser was filmed in one-night in Paris' business district La Défense and produced in record-time (three months with only one VFX artist) with a limited budget. They're hoping to start filming in early 2017 once they secure funding.
Official Synopsis:
Taking place in a futuristic megalopolis where new technologies and virtual reality are rulin [Continued ...]...
- 2/3/2016
- QuietEarth.us
“The curtain opening on the screen. The smell of popcorn. Your generation will never know that.” So opens the teaser trailer for French sci-fi film Ickerman, which imagines a future where virtual reality rules society. It seems like an eerily plausible future, as virtual reality makes headlines at 2016’s tech expos and even at Sundance. Just today, HitFix’s Drew McWeeny speculated on the possibility that Star Wars is the property that may bring virtual reality into the mainstream. But in Ickerman that exciting tech has a dark side — the death of movie theaters (a nightmarish future for any film fan!) and the dangers of being so plugged into Vr that you need to be rescued back to reality. Today Ickerman filmmakers Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard dropped a teaser trailer for the movie. The teaser is more like a proof-of-concept video — one with a Blade Runner-reminiscent metropolis and...
- 2/2/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Alright everyone, drop what you're doing and watch this visually stunning proof of concept trailer for a futuristic sci-fi thriller called Ickerman. Judging by what I've seen here, this project looks like it could be an impressive and awesome film. As you'll see it has a Drive and Blade Runner vibe to it that I really liked. Here's the synopsis:
Taking place in a futuristic megalopolis where new technologies and virtual reality are ruling society, Ickerman is an original story following a nostalgic teacher obsessed with 35 mm films and old cars. After a string of disturbing events, he falls into his imaginary world and starts acting like the characters he admires to deliver his best friend from the guru of this digital era.
The movie is set to be directed by French filmmaking duo Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard. Ickerman will be their first feature film. The movie project is...
Taking place in a futuristic megalopolis where new technologies and virtual reality are ruling society, Ickerman is an original story following a nostalgic teacher obsessed with 35 mm films and old cars. After a string of disturbing events, he falls into his imaginary world and starts acting like the characters he admires to deliver his best friend from the guru of this digital era.
The movie is set to be directed by French filmmaking duo Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard. Ickerman will be their first feature film. The movie project is...
- 2/1/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Wow. This looks great! There's not much of a storyline revealed yet, but I'm hooked anyway. A teaser trailer (essentially a proof-of-concept video) for a French sci-fi film called Ickerman has debuted online and it's a must watch. The project has been picking up buzz at genre markets including Tallinn Black Nights and Frontieres Brussels as they're looking for additional funding to start shooting in 2017, since this teaser was made after only one day of filming in Paris. The script, co-written by the two directors, has been developed during the past year and will be polished in the coming months by a English-speaking screenwriter. I love the look of the vehicles and the world, and the VFX is impressive, it feels very natural and looks very unique. Here's the first teaser for Raphaël Hernandez & Savitri Joly-Gonfard's Ickerman, direct from Vimeo: Taking place in a futuristic megalopolis where new technologies...
- 2/1/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Remember the names of Raphaël Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard, a French duo who work professionally under the name of Seth Ickerman. For while you may not know them know the talent the pair display is so overwhelmingly obvious that you're almost certain to see their work on a big screen near you sometime in the next few years.Case in point, the just released proof of concept for their scifi project Ickerman, an enormously impressive world building affair that the duo created themselves on a meager budget of 1000 Euro, a single day shoot and three months of post production executed solely by themselves. It's fair to say that the result appears far, far larger.Taking place in a futuristic megalopolis where new technologies and virtual reality...
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- 2/1/2016
- Screen Anarchy
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