Steve McQueen won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013 for “12 Years a Slave,” which presages the numerous demonstrations and heated racial conflict incited by the killing of African-Americans by white police officers. As technological development shakes the ‘inherent objectivity’*8 of film (movies), Spike Jones used VR to create “VICE News VR: Millions March,” which thrusts viewers into a 60,000 person demonstration. “Her” (2013) depicts love between a person and AI (artificial intelligence).
This is a marked contrast from the dystopian future evoked by threats to humanity posed by HAL9000, from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Skynet, from “Terminator," and the replicants*9 from “Blade Runner.” A number of commonalities can be seen between the works of the aforementioned innovative directors and the works and projects of THE EUGENE Studio, such as their anti-dystopian elements, appropriate use of technology, and the way in which they go beyond existing categorizations such as art and