THE MACHINE STOPS

[TelesterionFilm]

i love the fake morgan freeman voice

[alastairjr40]

Must of inspired George Lucas's THX 1138, pre- Star Wars.

[akachan8bani]

Oh my goodness! It's Celtic Requiem by Elliot Simmons! I love this song! ^_^

[Mistrinho7]

great thx

[technicallyabsurd]

I pictured everyone to be sickly pale, hairless, and fragile.

[twiggirl37]

I love this book and the Freise Brothers short is a lush, stylish sci-fi. I know I'm jumping in late but what has been the reaction from the public and industry? Has it won awards? What's the next step? A few points I found relevant to our world today: The human function in the story was only to generate ideas. Anything visceral and emotional was scorned as crude. Today, idea generation is America's biggest resource, now that we... more at runchica [dot] [com] [slash] blog

[twiggirl37]

I love this book and the Freise Brothers short is a lush, stylish sci-fi. I know I'm jumping in late but what has been the reaction from the public and industry? Has it won awards? What's the next step? A few points I found relevant to our world today: The human function in the story was only to generate ideas. Anything visceral and emotional was scorned as crude. ran out of room. more at runchica [dot] [com] slash blog

[TheRecordplayers]

Although I found the Machine Stops to be a brilliant piece of science fiction when I first read it in the early 1980's, I dismissed it as a remote surreality. Now with the internet, hand held devices, surveillance, obesity, GPS, automation and work cubicles, E.M. Forster's vision is perfectly clear and so is our destiny.

[bakerandbaker1]

It may arrive sooner than we think. I'm surprised that none of the film/television adaptions portray Vashti as an overweight woman. Was this done out of fear of being politically incorrect? Freise may have the best intentions, but he is bowing to the future members of the Central Committee without knowing it.

[TheRecordplayers]

Although I found the Machine Stops to be a brilliant piece of science fiction when I first read it in the early 1980's, I dismissed it as a remote surreality. Now with the internet, hand held devices, surveillance, obesity, GPS, automation and work cubicles, E.M. Forster's vision is perfectly clear, and so is our destiny.

[peterloohunt]

Really nice effort- good to keep this amazing, prophet story alive.

[xFlloyd]

Strayed FAR too far from the original story. And the acting is plastic. I stopped at 6mins.

[Mudhooks]

I've loved this story since I first read it, some 40 years ago. The problem with filmed versions is that it can't capture Forster's Victorian-era idea of what the future held and can't help but inject our own experience of the present. Forster's other "future vision" stories show more clearly his Victorian experience -- pneumatic Hansom cabs, for example. If only we could see through Forster's eye.

[NEVERdead1]

I just wish this was a little more real to the book...

As an independent entity, I think it's cool and well done. But as a version of the book? It is not. At the very least, it was entertaining...

[londondigitalpr]

If you ever get to make this as a full length feature I have to see it! This story was one I studied for my English exams at school. It fascinated me way before we had the Internet. Great little trailer!

[true505D505]

Wow! Very nice! I especially love the quote used at the beginning with the flower. I just read this story and kudos to you guys for making a film out such a hidden gem. 1909 just seems impossible for this story! Any updates? I can't wait to see this! Also very nice animation!

[Blitskrieg91]

Great job, this was nicely done.

[darkzavior]

Wow, an amazing rendition of the text, made me want to re-read it. If you actually do a full-feature version, I'd be eager to watch it.

[lilAtid]

Ive just finished the book, it was fascinating is there any official movie?

[adamfreise]

We're currently in discussion with a production company about a possible full-feature version of "The Machine Stops." The book is defiinitely fascinating - esp. in regards to how relevant its themes are today.

[polyomino]

I recently came across the story, and thought, all, "1909, wow". Today I grepped youtube and here it is!

What a great lot of work this must have been! A nice take on story. Thanks for sharing it here.

[sunvana]

this is a quite nicely realized little film

kudos

[SuperMatt31]

thers alot missing

[Hellware]

nice graphics, but hollow. you can make a better job, guys.

[koolman1]

amazing short film, but you missed out a lot of the text from the book.

[matthew5a]

lol pete u watched it too

[koolman1]

lol yeah

[samlag]

host noir. awsom iraq

[camann]

AWSOME short film!!!!!!!!!