I Saw the Future
Synopsis
In a dark expanse that could be the cosmos, we hear the voice of Arthur C. Clarke, whose face – taken from a BBC archive dating back to the 1960s – appears in the distance. His features quickly dematerialize into a multitude of shimmering pixels, creating an enveloping and immersive space out of which the thoughts of the famed author of «2001: A Space Odyssey » emerge. At the heart of this spectral environment, and with a magnetic voice sending us back to the time of cathode ray tubes and the golden age of television broadcasting, A C. Clarke tells us about the arrival of digital revolution, decades ahead of his time. This film is an invitation to travel, and a crepuscular form of poetry to be experienced immersively.
Festivals
- FNC - Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal, Canada, 2018.
- Imagine Science, New York, USA, 2018
- Regard - Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay, Canada, 2019.
- Festival du film de Nancy, France, 2019.
- Festival SPASM, Montreal, Canada, 2019.
- Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland, 2019.
Director: François Vautier
Script: François Vautier
Cast: Arthur C. Clarke
DOP: Blake Davey
Sound design: Pascal Bantz
Editing: François Vautier
Art direction: François Vautier
Music: Blake Davey
Production: Jeremy Sahel
Version
Original: English
Dubbed: French, German
Format
HD , 1:85, Stereo
DCP, Pro Res
After studying plastic arts, François Vautier became a contemporary art broker. He then turned to audiovisual design and worked for Arte with Guy Saguez. Together, they continue a long collaboration for television channels. Constantly looking for new processes, in 2016 he directed “I SAW THE FUTURE “, a stereoscopic VR film produced by Da Prod, presented in an official selection at the Venice Film Festival in 2017, and broadcast on the ARTE VR 360 platform and on ARTE for the 2D version. The film was distributed at more than 50 festivals around the world. In 2019, he directed “ODYSSEY 1.4.9”, a VR tribute to Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, and designed the CNES pavilion for the International Aeronautics and Space Show, in which he also presented a hologram adaptation of the movie I Saw The Future. In 2020, he directed “RECODING ENTROPIA”, selected at the Venice Biennale.
