Aug 22 2007Logan's Run Director is Nobody
Commercial director Joseph Kosinksi will make his feature debut with Logan's Run, an adaptation of the 1967 sci-fi thriller. It is said the film will go more low-tech with the technology and stay closer to the book than the 1976 adaptation, which tells the story of a future society that demands voluntary death at a certain age, just as cancer does in our society.
SlashFilm was kind enough to put together a sample of his work for viewing, and it's pretty typical artsy commercial bullshit that probably wins ad awards. And what world does this guy live in that every commercial is over a minute long?
In the above clip, a woman living in an ice world impatiently waits for her sentient car husband to return home. Her robot dog recognizes the distinctive sound of approaching downtempo electronica that signals its car-master's approach. In the end, we discover that we can purchase this sentient car from Saab dealerships.
More clips with explanations below the cut.
Two spandex-wearing lesbians slumber in their mansion. One is awoken by the entrance of red vinyl shoes and the increasingly obnoxious sourceless house music. Upon investigating outside, she is transformed into pure energy. She returns hours later, at which point her partner has already changed from her sleeping spandex to her early morning satin pajamas. This is apparently common behavior in future lesbians.
Two young boys lie outside, pondering the stars above them. They quickly realize their night would be much better spent inside, playing Halo.
A post-apocalyptic mercenary hunts for the singer responsible for doing a terrible cover of his favorite band, Tears for Fears.
Some attractive young couples jump in slow motion while red leaves float elegantly around them. It's clear from their enjoyment that they're probably on shrooms.
Reader Comments
1. MrGutts - August 22, 2007 2:34 PM
a SAAB prototype that will cost you 1 billllliiiion dollars!
2. vanman - August 22, 2007 3:24 PM
That car is the shit.
3. brt - August 22, 2007 3:33 PM
didn't david lynch and so many directors start as a ad director?
you wang
4. Gooerz - August 22, 2007 3:36 PM
I thought Logan's Run was already re made and they called it The Island.
5. vanman - August 22, 2007 3:39 PM
No, Logan's run was remade into an episode of "dinosaurs". The episode was, I believe, called "Hurling Day"
6. KC - August 22, 2007 5:08 PM
It was actually an episode of Sponge Bob called "What Really Happened to Squidward?"
7. papa bear - August 22, 2007 6:00 PM
#3 David Lynch most certianly did NOT start as a commercial director. His debut feature was his AFI thesis project Eraserhead and he then went on to make Elephant Man. (he did have some short, art installation type of pieces prior to Eraserhead)
Michael Bay was a commercial director though. That sort of 'quality' is more the norm for a commercial director turned real director. Soulless, bland, over the top tripe. With very few, albeit notable, exceptions.
8. MBFH - August 22, 2007 6:43 PM
Don't you mean 1976?
9. MBFH - August 22, 2007 6:45 PM
Aw crap! I wasn't paying attention. Forgive my stupid-ness and stuff. But then again, your mind would be mush too if you worked where I work.
10. sudo - August 23, 2007 3:34 AM
David Fincher, Ridley and Tony Scott all started as Commercial Directors, Fincher and Tony Scott still are. All are good directors.
I never liked the stuff of this Kosinski guy though. It really is could and soulless, even among Motion Graphics people.
11. jim - August 23, 2007 7:52 AM
to #4-
did you even see logan's run? i did, and i dont remember clones. or being the worst movie ever made.
the islands plot is a dead ringer for a movie called the clonus horror. which all cool people more than likely saw while watching mst3k at some point in their lives. i remember seeing ads for the island and immediately thinking of that movie. the only similarity to logans run is possibly... the running? and the jumpsuits?
did you know blade runner was remade yeah, its called the fifth element. didnt you see the flying cars?
12. brt - August 23, 2007 1:29 PM
crap
i meant fincher!!!
i always mix those two up...
ridly and tony scott also started as a commercial director
13. Tune Raider - August 24, 2007 2:06 AM
It's R.E.M., not Tears For Fears.
14. Tune Raider - August 24, 2007 10:38 AM
Holy mackerel, I've been screwing that up for nearly two decades! Apologies to the original writer - he's right (it's Tears For Fears), I'm wrong (not R.E.M.). *duh!*
15. JC - August 25, 2007 11:37 AM
The last three aren't bad compared to the first two. In fact they get better the further he gets from electronica as his soundtrack.
Here's hoping they've banned Aphex Twin in the domed city of the near future.
16. John Jackson - March 14, 2008 11:12 PM
What is really strange is that this director is poaching most of his reel from the collective work of his former company:
http://www.kdlab.net/index_live.htm