In PROXIMA, Carlos Atanes again blurs the boundaries between cinematic reality and fiction. In recent years, his films have found a fan base that extends far beyond Spain, becoming cult films for their experimental and grotesque character. "Proxima is a very Philip K. Dick-ian film with its abrupt conceptual twists and shifting revelations about what is real." (moriareviews.com) A renowned SF writer is at a local convention yet when he takes the podium, he renounces his work as utter fictional rubbish and declares that he has found a portal to another world that is orbiting the star Proxima Centauri. "Simply listen to my new book-on-CD and be delivered", he proclaims.
Science fiction from Spain - a label often linked with underground director Carlos Atanes.
In PROXIMA, Carlos Atanes again blurs the boundaries between cinematic reality and fiction.
In recent years, his films have found a fan base that extends far beyond Spain, becoming cult films for their experimental and grotesque character.
"Proxima is a very Philip K. Dick-ian film with its abrupt conceptual twists and shifting revelations about what is real." (moriareviews.com)
A renowned SF writer is at a local convention yet when he takes the podium, he renounces his work as utter fictional rubbish and declares that he has found a portal to another world that is orbiting the star Proxima Centauri. "Simply listen to my new book-on-CD and be delivered", he proclaims.