An uncompromising look at the ways privacy, safety, convenience and surveillance determine our environment. Shot entirely at night, the film confronts the hermetic nature of white-collar communities, dissecting the fear behind contemporary suburban design. An isolation-based fear (protect us from people not like us). A fear of irregularity (eat at McDonalds, you know what to expect). A fear of thought (turn on the television). A fear of self (don’t stop moving). By examining evacuated suburban and corporate landscapes, the film reveals a peculiarly 21st century hollowness… an emptiness born of our collective faith in safety and technology. This is a new genre of horror movie, attempting suburban locations as states of mind.
Director: Deborah Stratman.
Stars: Joaquin de la Puente.
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I dozed off multiple times when watching this. I had to rewind over and over to re-watch. What is this even supposed to be?
Felt like a James Benning film
Brilliant idea. Love it.
I may have a tendency to read too deeply into films and books. But here’s my take on “In order not to be here”:
It’s a nightmarish statement on how a police state is formed under the pretext of security. Hence the very ominous B&W helicopter images of cops with K-9s chasing people who are allegedly criminal
We see images of streets, houses, the exteriors of a gas station, where the film camera observes as if surveilling those empty spaces supplemented by the just as terrifying sounds of a police radio
The film came out in 2002. One year after 9/11 when the patriot act was implemented, in which the American people’s basic civil liberties were robbed using the fear of terrorism as an excuse. Same thing happened under Covid-19, the difference being about the fear of a virus.
Social commentary or prediction programming? Hard to tell