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SXSW event: Cargo
Cargo
Despite competition from the first night of the music fest and some ancient holiday involving alcohol and green food coloring, the Paramount was fairly full for the U.S. premiere of the Swiss sci-fi film “Cargo.”
Writer/director/editor Ivan Engler was on hand, clearly nervous about showing the film, which involves years-long interstellar travel in a freighter with, as the title suggests, a mysterious shipment on board.
His worries were likely soothed after the screening, when the audience members who stayed peppered him with impressed queries about how he achieved such a massive look on a budget so small he’s not allowed to disclose it.
Technical details aside, some of the film’s portentous vibe surely came from the filmmaker’s having grown up watching Tarkovsky and Antonioni before he was allowed to see “Blade Runner” and “Alien.”
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