Fragile Machine

Fragile Machine
DVD cover
Directed byBen Steele
Written byDarren Dugan
John Pinckney
Ben Steele
StarringMolly Pinckney
Xi
Music byJohn Banks
John Hockersmith
Ben Steele
Jay Steinberg
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
34 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesJapanese
English

Fragile Machine[1] is an indie cyberpunk[2] short film created by a team of artists called Aoineko.[3]

Plot

Leda Nea is a scientist working for the Göln Remedios laboratory. Following the death of her daughter, Leda volunteers as a test subject in a series of experiments designed to mesh human and machine.

Reception

Fragile Machine was premiered at the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema in 2005[4][5]

Fragile Machine was well received at various film festivals, winning accolades such as:

"Best Animated File Award (2005): The Sedona International Film Festival[6][7]
"Special Tribute for Animation (2005): Imaginaria[8]
"Honorable Mention for Work in Progress (2005): DIY Film Festival[9]

Reviews of Fragile Machine were generally positive. Brett D. Rogers of fps Magazine called the film "a well-styled piece of visual and audio cyberpunk, setting lessons learned from Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell and Metropolis to a beat."[10]

References

  1. ^ "Fragile Machine (2005)". Imdb.com. 2005-09-03. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  2. ^ "Fragile Machine". Cyberpunk Review. July 2, 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  3. ^ "Aoineko Official Website". Aoineko.com. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  4. ^ "Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema". Wfac.ca. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  5. ^ "Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema 2005 Event". Anime News Network. 2005-10-20. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  6. ^ "Sedona Film Festival". Sedona Film Festival. 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  7. ^ "Absolute Anime • Reviews • Movie Review: Fragile Machine". Absoluteanime.com. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  8. ^ "imaginaria International film festival". Imaginariafilmfestival.org. Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  9. ^ "Film, Music & Books". DIYConvention.com. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  10. ^ Rogers, Brett D. "Review of Fragile Machine". fps Magazine. fps Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 January 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2011.


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