"Scattered" by Joshua Bregman
What would it be like to live in a world without paper? In this short film, science fiction author Ken
MacLeod imagines it to be a world freed of the restrictions of history. Scattered is a fascinating thought experiment about the future. It's micro-budget sci-fi done right.
Instead of focusing on the massiveness of that concept in and of itself, director Joshua Bregman instead zeroes in on the relationship between the scientist and his estranged son, as we get a nice slice of world-building and some very tense scenes set in a diner.
Instead of focusing on the massiveness of that concept in and of itself, director Joshua Bregman instead zeroes in on the relationship between the scientist and his estranged son, as we get a nice slice of world-building and some very tense scenes set in a diner.
"This atmospheric film is the first ever screen-adaptation of the work of award-winning sci-fi author Ken MacLeod. Scattered examines society’s relationship with its past through a son’s relationship with his father, and challenges our established ideas of destruction and terrorism through a crime that is as surprising as it is all-consuming. As all great sci-fi should, Scattered offers a vision of the future that illuminates the present.
After a 15 year wait, Conal is going to meet his father for the first time. His father Keith is the world's most notorious criminal, convicted of a crime which changed history itself. Convinced of his father’s innocence, Conal needs Keith's help to set the record straight. But his quest for justice takes an unexpected turn and Conal soon finds himself confronted with the unimaginable.
Ken's original story, "The Surface of Last Scattering", was published in an anthology by TRSF, who have kindly permitted us to adapt it for the screen.
Scattered is an official selection of the 2013 Sci-Fi London Film Festival, The Lighthouse Film Festival and Cinema at the Edge."
The original Ken MacLeod story, “The Surface of Last Scattering,” was published in the sci-fi anthology TFSF, which comes from the MIT Technology Review.
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