Anyone that has been reading Philip K. Dick's novels has noticed that "The Man in the High Castle" was one of the easiest, if not more linear, of his pieces. May be that is the reason that was one of the fewest that received an award during his short life.
Even so, after Blade Runner smashed the silver screen with a mental jackhammer, a few others came crashing on us. Special mention deserved to "Total Recall" (1990 for the plot and 2012 for ambient).
MiHC goes back to one of the worst nightmares of US "what ifs": the division of the continental North America between Germany and Japan. To this add touches about rewriting history, white flag situations, falsified propaganda and a mental ictus in the mind of those that live in that territory. This cocktail not only can revolve some guts but place in the screen what the real "what if"s are good for: turn the sock inside out and watch it.
Is this a dystopia reality? Or the distally is what is happening today.
As I said, simple plot, as bright as the Sun. But also the Sun can blind. It actually does. Too confrontation for today's screens? It looks like.
Even so, after Blade Runner smashed the silver screen with a mental jackhammer, a few others came crashing on us. Special mention deserved to "Total Recall" (1990 for the plot and 2012 for ambient).
MiHC goes back to one of the worst nightmares of US "what ifs": the division of the continental North America between Germany and Japan. To this add touches about rewriting history, white flag situations, falsified propaganda and a mental ictus in the mind of those that live in that territory. This cocktail not only can revolve some guts but place in the screen what the real "what if"s are good for: turn the sock inside out and watch it.
Is this a dystopia reality? Or the distally is what is happening today.
As I said, simple plot, as bright as the Sun. But also the Sun can blind. It actually does. Too confrontation for today's screens? It looks like.