Home > Documentary >

This is Not a Game

AD:This title is currently not available on Prime Video
Free Trial
View All Sources

This is Not a Game (2021)

June. 25,2021
|
5.5
| Documentary
AD:This title is currently not available on Prime Video
Free Trial
View All Sources

Angela Su’s fictional artist Rosie Leavers is the last remaining person to upload her consciousness to a video game. Contemplating during a pandemic year which also saw people’s resistance movements in many parts of the world, the work pinpoints the uncanny affinities between gaming and warfare strategies. They have mutually informed the infrastructure of both worlds since time immemorial when diplomatic conflicts played out on the battlefield of the 64 squares of a chess board to flight simulation technologies which were adapted to shape gaming experiences as we know it now. When the conflict is between the state and its people, she speculates that gaming strategies empower civilians in resistance movements to counter imperialism through its own operative logic. But once we upload our consciousness, are we able to return to the sensibilities and political motivation that inspired the revolution to begin with?

...

Watch Trailer

Free Trial Channels

AD
Show More

Cast

Similar titles

Reviews

MonsterPerfect
2021/06/25

Good idea lost in the noise

More
Beystiman
2021/06/26

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

More
Quiet Muffin
2021/06/27

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

More
Jakoba
2021/06/28

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

More