Post Modern Ideas

I want my film to be post modern, although actually saying this is going against what post modern theorists say, because directors and producers make a film usually not intending for it to be post modern but when looked at it can be seen as post modern, this idea applies to Blade Runner. But I did say not all films apply to this rule, for example I believe the new film Inception made by Christopher Nolan was made and created as a post modern film because the amount of content that directly applies it self to post modernism Christopher Nolan wrote Inception around the time of the Matrix, but didnt produce the film until later on. Possibly because there was too many postmodern films at this current time. An example of this would be the amount of intertextuality the film pays; Whilst in the dream there is someone who creates the dream and shapes it to its will, this is called the 'Architect'. This it self is post modern because whilst in this fake, non reality world they can shape it to their will, they are literally playing God. But why is this intertextuality? This is because of what the Matrix has included in its content. The Matrix is the predecessor to Inception, with very similar ideas of living in a fake, created world that is created and entered upon the use of machines, but in the matrix their is a figure also called the 'Architect' where he makes and shapes the world each time they decide to 'Update'. Another area where it makes the film seem like it is directed into a post modern creation is the quotes they slipped into the film for example 'Reality is not going to be enough for her now'. This literally translates into a super post modern idea including 'Hyperreality', 'Distortions of Time and Space' and 'Rejection of the Grand Narratives'.

Relgion states there is absolute truth in everything, and postmodernism states that nothing is absolute. - Relativism

- Moral Relativism

- Viewpoint

- Subjectivity

Post Modern implemented into my film
The main aspect of the film is going to show religion in a controversial dark side where there is no good aspect of supporting religion, so when you die you will go to the same place, called: 'Void'.
But why is this controversial?
This idea counter acts the majority of human life who believe that when you die you either go to heaven of hell based on what you did as a mortal being. But for my film I am saying that you could either be a murderer or a priest and end up in the same way and treated the same. This idea is because of the 'God' figure who is sick of humanity and grows tired of them, because they where an accident of an experimental idea he made which himself and his highers could not of foreseen to unravel such events, this of course was 'Evolution'. Including this idea not only is controversial to religious people but scientists alike who believe that evolution wasn't an act of God or some higher power, but of biology. Another seeming controversial idea that I want to include in my film is that these books of religion, 'The Bible' & 'The Koran', are completely misleading and were made that of fortune and power, using influence as their weapon of choice. I want to go against the grand narratives of how religion and science are portrayed in the media whilst including intertextuality of other films. An example of this is where the main character figure is being tested by 'God' and once failed, this higher power creature will do a speak which I wish to literally lift of the first Matrix where Agent Smith is doing his speech to Morpheus about humans and how he wants to escape.
I also want the God character to not be the all knowing and all powerful, he was designated by a more powerful set of people in his race called the 'Olympians'.

This allows me to link my film into historical references but with a postmodernism twist of distorting the mythical beings and story of the olympians. I want them to be the creators but with humanity becoming an accident they signed 'God' to us as a punishment for his trickery in previous times. With 'God' feeling he has just been taken advantage over he wants once again trick the Olympians out of his punishment. God then effectively becomes the Devil, this is the origination of trickery by God deceiving he is the good one and the devil is bad, but in actual fact he is both.

In my film I want to somehow compose my film around the confusion of time and space which will be fragmented. How I will achieve this isnt final but I have looked at film like 'Inception', which I have mentioned before, but also I have looked at 'Memento'.