DECEMBER THE THIRD, 2008 A.D.

HOURGLASS will be screened alongside BITS and MEGAFUTURE 7000 at Pleasant Street Theater in Northampton, MA. Here's the info:

Tales from the Metaverse

Welcome to another showcase! This time we have a triptych of techno-centric films. Human vs. Machine. The age-old conundrum. Some see our rapidly intimate relationship with technology as the next step, others as the end of our humanity. Come explore the Metaverse as we awaken the ghost in the machine and ask: What is our future?


"Bits"

Bits follows the awkward, intelligent inventor Steve. His days and nights are spent working to finish his "prototype". Invention and insanity blur as he tries to create a revolutionary way for people to connect to each other.

Written and Directed by
Jesse Russell and Joe Leuben
70 mins, NR

"HOURGLASS PART 1: MANSIONS IN THE DESERT"

Employing both traditional cinematic and computer generated "Machinema" techniques, an interface between the "real" and the "un-real" evolves in this struggle for two characters to navigate their way back to a stable consciousness from memories that have been wiped clean by a nano-virus.

Written and Directed by Schuyler Kelly.
25 mins, NR

Plus: MEGA FUTURE 7000
by Jesse Johnson. 10 mins.