Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer
A shame to hear that, Tracy. I'll still give it a view, though, if for no other reason than to send a message to H'Wood to state my preferences for viewing. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Tracy Curtis wrote: > > > The premise is frightening, and we're only a few steps away from it. I > read a few years ago about remote labor on Second Life operating in a way > that had everything the movie has except the physical connection. > > But the movie doesn't prop up the premise. > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > >> >> >> No, Tracy. Haven't seen that, but I will be looking for it now, even if >> the premise is a GOP wet dream. >> >> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Tracy Curtis wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> I just watched a movie called Sleep Dealer. It's about technology that >>> allows the labor to be imported without moving the actual people. Drone >>> warfare technology also makes an appearance. If anyone has seen it, I'd >>> like to know what you think. >>> >>> Here's a link to a trailer: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTZv6oxa2KI >>> >>> It's misleading though because it makes the movie seem fast-paced when it >>> is mostly deliberate. Also, the voice-over isn't used. The actual movie is >>> in Spanish with available subtitles. >>> >>> Tracy >>> >> >> > >
Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer
The premise is frightening, and we're only a few steps away from it. I read a few years ago about remote labor on Second Life operating in a way that had everything the movie has except the physical connection. But the movie doesn't prop up the premise. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > No, Tracy. Haven't seen that, but I will be looking for it now, even if the > premise is a GOP wet dream. > > On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Tracy Curtis wrote: > >> >> >> Hello everyone, >> I just watched a movie called Sleep Dealer. It's about technology that >> allows the labor to be imported without moving the actual people. Drone >> warfare technology also makes an appearance. If anyone has seen it, I'd >> like to know what you think. >> >> Here's a link to a trailer: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTZv6oxa2KI >> >> It's misleading though because it makes the movie seem fast-paced when it >> is mostly deliberate. Also, the voice-over isn't used. The actual movie is >> in Spanish with available subtitles. >> >> Tracy >> > > >
Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer
No, Tracy. Haven't seen that, but I will be looking for it now, even if the premise is a GOP wet dream. On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Tracy Curtis wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > I just watched a movie called Sleep Dealer. It's about technology that > allows the labor to be imported without moving the actual people. Drone > warfare technology also makes an appearance. If anyone has seen it, I'd > like to know what you think. > > Here's a link to a trailer: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTZv6oxa2KI > > It's misleading though because it makes the movie seem fast-paced when it > is mostly deliberate. Also, the voice-over isn't used. The actual movie is > in Spanish with available subtitles. > > Tracy > >
Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer
Looks good. I will check it out. On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Tracy Curtis wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > I just watched a movie called Sleep Dealer. It's about technology that > allows the labor to be imported without moving the actual people. Drone > warfare technology also makes an appearance. If anyone has seen it, I'd > like to know what you think. > > Here's a link to a trailer: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTZv6oxa2KI > > It's misleading though because it makes the movie seem fast-paced when it > is mostly deliberate. Also, the voice-over isn't used. The actual movie is > in Spanish with available subtitles. > > Tracy > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer
Hello everyone, I just watched a movie called Sleep Dealer. It's about technology that allows the labor to be imported without moving the actual people. Drone warfare technology also makes an appearance. If anyone has seen it, I'd like to know what you think. Here's a link to a trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTZv6oxa2KI It's misleading though because it makes the movie seem fast-paced when it is mostly deliberate. Also, the voice-over isn't used. The actual movie is in Spanish with available subtitles. Tracy
Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer
Lavendar, Siffy would *find* a way to muck it up. I happened across Kristanna Loken in "Bloodrayne" (aka "Sir Ben Needed a LOT of Work Done on His House, Hence the Reason For His Appearance"), and remembered that she was also in "Paincauser Jane" -- pardon me, "Painkiller Jane". Siffy originally did that as an original movie, and it was actually pretty good. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer Date : Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:35:57 -0400 From : "Rouge" To : Now I know we all know that sci-fi channel seldom show movies that are worth watching. Perhaps Sci-fi can get the rights to show this. From the preview it seems good. --Lavender -- From: "ravenadal" Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 6:54 PM To: Subject: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8oSRSzS7M > > > > > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > > Groups Links > > > > People may lie, but the evidence rarely does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer
Now I know we all know that sci-fi channel seldom show movies that are worth watching. Perhaps Sci-fi can get the rights to show this. From the preview it seems good. --Lavender -- From: "ravenadal" Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 6:54 PM To: Subject: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8oSRSzS7M > > > > > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > > Groups Links > > > > People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.
Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer
All that Bosco said. I want to catch it as well. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer Date : Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:37:36 -0700 (PDT) From : Bosco Bosco To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Looks like it could be awesome. Original ideas, social criticism, science fiction, action and special effects. I'm definitely interested. B --- On Mon, 4/20/09, ravenadal wrote: From: ravenadal Subject: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 5:54 PM http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=xW8oSRSzS7M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer
Looks like it could be awesome. Original ideas, social criticism, science fiction, action and special effects. I'm definitely interested. B --- On Mon, 4/20/09, ravenadal wrote: From: ravenadal Subject: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 5:54 PM http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=xW8oSRSzS7M
Re: [scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer
Yeah this is great. The really great thing about this movie is that it's produced and released by Mayan Releasing, a Latin-owned company that also has its own theaters (2, I believe) and a website, LatinoReview.com. They are also involved in a company called Death Ray (not the magazine), which is involved in the I,Frankenstein movie project. This is one of my favorite studios and I love to cover anything they do. On Apr 20, 2009, at 6:54 PM, ravenadal wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8oSRSzS7M
[scifinoir2] Sleep Dealer Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8oSRSzS7M
Re: [scifinoir2] 'Sleep Dealer' Injects Sci-Fi Into Immigration Debate
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Would I love to see this film! Amy > http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2008/01/sleep_dealer > > 'Sleep Dealer' Injects Sci-Fi Into Immigration Debate > > By Jason Silverman > > 01.24.08 > > > PARK CITY, Utah - Tech will not set you free. At least that's the message > of Sleep Dealer director Alex Rivera's impressive, eye-opening debut. Set > in a futuristic world of have-nots, where 21st-century gadgetry sucks > resources from the world's poor and channels them to its wealthy, the film > premiered to enthusiastic response Friday at the Sundance Film Festival. > > In Rivera's film, Mexican villagers are forced to buy water for their > crops from an armed, English-speaking robot. Most of the village's healthy > men have bolted for Tijuana to look for work in cyberfactories. And the > multinational imprint is seen almost everywhere. > > It's a timely message, deftly delivered by a self-described "digital media > worker" and immigrant's son who has become a fixture on the experimental > video scene. > > "We are being sold a false bill of goods, that the more connected we > become the more equal we will be," Rivera said during an interview from > Sundance's headquarters in Park City. "Statistically speaking, that's not > what's happening. The more connected we become, the more we are divided." > > Sleep Dealer is remarkably topical for a film set in the future (albeit > one described by Rivera as taking place "five minutes from now"). Central > themes include outsourcing, corporate ownership of water, remote warfare, > confessional internet diaries and military contractors who are accountable > to no one. It's the rare political film without any reference to > contemporary politics; like Blade Runner and other big-brained sci-fi > flicks, it's about ideas, not selling merchandise. > > "I love gnomes and goblins and elves," said Rivera, who's made a name for > himself touring museums and festivals with his award-winning shorts. "But > what I'm really interested in is speculative fiction. I wanted to use this > film to ask the question, 'Where are we going?'" > > Sleep Dealer tells the story of a young campensino named Memo whose DIY > radio draws unwanted attention from a U.S. military contractor. Fleeing to > Tijuana, Memo has implants placed in his body in order to become a "node > worker" - a Mexican laborer who, from south of the border, taps into a > vast network that operates robots located in the United States. > > Memo's robot welds girders on a skyscraper. Other node workers perform > housework, watch the kids and keep the yard neat. The film's title refers > to the node workers' exhaustion as they work 12-hour shifts to build, > clean and maintain cities they'll never visit. > > In Tijuana, Memo becomes entwined with a Latino military contractor, who > operates drones around the world from his base in San Diego, and an > aspiring journalist who sells her memories - the blogs of the future - > online. > > Rivera said the inspiration for the film came from a Wired magazine > article about the emerging "global village." It was published around the > same time that the U.S. government began building walls along the > country's border with Mexico. > > That ironic juxtaposition started Rivera thinking: What if technology > could extract the life force from the Mexican population and send it > north? > > "The problem is that the worker comes with a body," Rivera said. "That > body needs health care, and gives birth to children that need to go to > school. So keep the body outside of the United States. Suck its energy and > leave the cadaver or the problematic shell out of the picture." > > He began writing Sleep Dealer in the late 1990s, collaborating on the > script with former Sundance award-winner David Riker. As the years passed, > real life began making gains on Rivera's dystopian vision. > > "Films like Star Wars use terms like empire and rebellion, but they are > bandied about in bland ways - powerful words used to describe nothing," > Rivera said. "One of the original propositions of my film is that we > (create that sense) of a world divided between wealth and power." > > Despite being shot on what Hollywood producers would consider an > impossibly miniscule budget (the Los Angeles Times pegged the film's price > tag at a mere $2 million), Sleep Dealer looks like a real sci-fi movie. It > includes 450 effects shots, and was filmed on evocative locations > throughout Mexico. > > Its weighty subject matter is leavened by Rivera's trickster-like sense of > humor. At a party, elders in village garb dance to "old-fashioned" techno > music. A booth at a seedy bar advertises "Live Node Girls." And back-alley > node jobs are provided by "coyoteks," a pun on the coyotes who smuggle > today's undocumented workers into the United States. > > Sleep Dealer serves up a radical vision of a troubling tomorrow, injecting > viewers into a high-tech, developing-world future. > > "S
Re: [scifinoir2] 'Sleep Dealer' Injects Sci-Fi Into Immigration Debate
Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Um when where? Now? Now? This sounds freakin amazing. > >Bosco I'm not certain the film has distribution as yet. It only recently screened at Sundance. Brent >--- brent wodehouse <[ mailto:brent_wodehouse%40thefence.us >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >[ http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2008/01/sleep_dealer >]http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2008/01/sleep_dealer >> >> 'Sleep Dealer' Injects Sci-Fi Into Immigration Debate >> >> By Jason Silverman >> >> 01.24.08 >> >> >> PARK CITY, Utah - Tech will not set you free. At least that's the >> message >> of Sleep Dealer director Alex Rivera's impressive, eye-opening >> debut. Set >> in a futuristic world of have-nots, where 21st-century gadgetry >> sucks >> resources from the world's poor and channels them to its wealthy, >> the film >> premiered to enthusiastic response Friday at the Sundance Film >> Festival. >> >> In Rivera's film, Mexican villagers are forced to buy water for >> their >> crops from an armed, English-speaking robot. Most of the village's >> healthy >> men have bolted for Tijuana to look for work in cyberfactories. And >> the >> multinational imprint is seen almost everywhere. >> >> It's a timely message, deftly delivered by a self-described >> "digital media >> worker" and immigrant's son who has become a fixture on the >> experimental >> video scene. >> >> "We are being sold a false bill of goods, that the more connected >> we >> become the more equal we will be," Rivera said during an interview >> from >> Sundance's headquarters in Park City. "Statistically speaking, >> that's not >> what's happening. The more connected we become, the more we are >> divided." >> >> Sleep Dealer is remarkably topical for a film set in the future >> (albeit >> one described by Rivera as taking place "five minutes from now"). >> Central >> themes include outsourcing, corporate ownership of water, remote >> warfare, >> confessional internet diaries and military contractors who are >> accountable >> to no one. It's the rare political film without any reference to >> contemporary politics; like Blade Runner and other big-brained >> sci-fi >> flicks, it's about ideas, not selling merchandise. >> >> "I love gnomes and goblins and elves," said Rivera, who's made a >> name for >> himself touring museums and festivals with his award-winning >> shorts. "But >> what I'm really interested in is speculative fiction. I wanted to >> use this >> film to ask the question, 'Where are we going?'" >> >> Sleep Dealer tells the story of a young campensino named Memo whose >> DIY >> radio draws unwanted attention from a U.S. military contractor. >> Fleeing to >> Tijuana, Memo has implants placed in his body in order to become a >> "node >> worker" - a Mexican laborer who, from south of the border, taps >> into a >> vast network that operates robots located in the United States. >> >> Memo's robot welds girders on a skyscraper. Other node workers >> perform >> housework, watch the kids and keep the yard neat. The film's title >> refers >> to the node workers' exhaustion as they work 12-hour shifts to >> build, >> clean and maintain cities they'll never visit. >> >> In Tijuana, Memo becomes entwined with a Latino military >> contractor, who >> operates drones around the world from his base in San Diego, and an >> aspiring journalist who sells her memories - the blogs of the >> future - >> online. >> >> Rivera said the inspiration for the film came from a Wired magazine >> article about the emerging "global village." It was published >> around the >> same time that the U.S. government began building walls along the >> country's border with Mexico. >> >> That ironic juxtaposition started Rivera thinking: What if >> technology >> could extract the life force from the Mexican population and send >> it north? >> >> "The problem is that the worker comes with a body," Rivera said. >> "That >> body needs health care, and gives birth to children that need to go >> to >> school. So keep the body outside of the United States. Suck its >> energy and >> leave the cadaver or the problematic shell out of the picture." >> >> He began writing Sleep Dealer in the late 1990s, collaborating on >> the >> script with former Sundance award-winner David Riker. As the years >> passed, >> real life began making gains on Rivera's dystopian vision. >> >> "Films like Star Wars use terms like empire and rebellion, but they >> are >> bandied about in bland ways - powerful words used to describe >> nothing," >> Rivera said. "One of the original propositions of my film is that >> we >> (create that sense) of a world divided between wealth and power." >> >> Despite being shot on what Hollywood producers would consider an >> impossibly miniscule budget (the Los Angeles Times pegged the >> film's price >> tag at a mere $2 million), Sleep Dealer looks like a real sci-fi >> movie. It >> includes 450 effects shots, and was
Re: [scifinoir2] 'Sleep Dealer' Injects Sci-Fi Into Immigration Debate
Um when where? Now? Now? This sounds freakin amazing. Bosco --- brent wodehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2008/01/sleep_dealer > > 'Sleep Dealer' Injects Sci-Fi Into Immigration Debate > > By Jason Silverman > > 01.24.08 > > > PARK CITY, Utah - Tech will not set you free. At least that's the > message > of Sleep Dealer director Alex Rivera's impressive, eye-opening > debut. Set > in a futuristic world of have-nots, where 21st-century gadgetry > sucks > resources from the world's poor and channels them to its wealthy, > the film > premiered to enthusiastic response Friday at the Sundance Film > Festival. > > In Rivera's film, Mexican villagers are forced to buy water for > their > crops from an armed, English-speaking robot. Most of the village's > healthy > men have bolted for Tijuana to look for work in cyberfactories. And > the > multinational imprint is seen almost everywhere. > > It's a timely message, deftly delivered by a self-described > "digital media > worker" and immigrant's son who has become a fixture on the > experimental > video scene. > > "We are being sold a false bill of goods, that the more connected > we > become the more equal we will be," Rivera said during an interview > from > Sundance's headquarters in Park City. "Statistically speaking, > that's not > what's happening. The more connected we become, the more we are > divided." > > Sleep Dealer is remarkably topical for a film set in the future > (albeit > one described by Rivera as taking place "five minutes from now"). > Central > themes include outsourcing, corporate ownership of water, remote > warfare, > confessional internet diaries and military contractors who are > accountable > to no one. It's the rare political film without any reference to > contemporary politics; like Blade Runner and other big-brained > sci-fi > flicks, it's about ideas, not selling merchandise. > > "I love gnomes and goblins and elves," said Rivera, who's made a > name for > himself touring museums and festivals with his award-winning > shorts. "But > what I'm really interested in is speculative fiction. I wanted to > use this > film to ask the question, 'Where are we going?'" > > Sleep Dealer tells the story of a young campensino named Memo whose > DIY > radio draws unwanted attention from a U.S. military contractor. > Fleeing to > Tijuana, Memo has implants placed in his body in order to become a > "node > worker" - a Mexican laborer who, from south of the border, taps > into a > vast network that operates robots located in the United States. > > Memo's robot welds girders on a skyscraper. Other node workers > perform > housework, watch the kids and keep the yard neat. The film's title > refers > to the node workers' exhaustion as they work 12-hour shifts to > build, > clean and maintain cities they'll never visit. > > In Tijuana, Memo becomes entwined with a Latino military > contractor, who > operates drones around the world from his base in San Diego, and an > aspiring journalist who sells her memories - the blogs of the > future - > online. > > Rivera said the inspiration for the film came from a Wired magazine > article about the emerging "global village." It was published > around the > same time that the U.S. government began building walls along the > country's border with Mexico. > > That ironic juxtaposition started Rivera thinking: What if > technology > could extract the life force from the Mexican population and send > it north? > > "The problem is that the worker comes with a body," Rivera said. > "That > body needs health care, and gives birth to children that need to go > to > school. So keep the body outside of the United States. Suck its > energy and > leave the cadaver or the problematic shell out of the picture." > > He began writing Sleep Dealer in the late 1990s, collaborating on > the > script with former Sundance award-winner David Riker. As the years > passed, > real life began making gains on Rivera's dystopian vision. > > "Films like Star Wars use terms like empire and rebellion, but they > are > bandied about in bland ways - powerful words used to describe > nothing," > Rivera said. "One of the original propositions of my film is that > we > (create that sense) of a world divided between wealth and power." > > Despite being shot on what Hollywood producers would consider an > impossibly miniscule budget (the Los Angeles Times pegged the > film's price > tag at a mere $2 million), Sleep Dealer looks like a real sci-fi > movie. It > includes 450 effects shots, and was filmed on evocative locations > throughout Mexico. > > Its weighty subject matter is leavened by Rivera's trickster-like > sense of > humor. At a party, elders in village garb dance to "old-fashioned" > techno > music. A booth at a seedy bar advertises "Live Node Girls." And > back-alley > node jobs are provided by "coyoteks," a pun on the coyotes who > smuggle > today's undocumented work
[scifinoir2] 'Sleep Dealer' Injects Sci-Fi Into Immigration Debate
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2008/01/sleep_dealer 'Sleep Dealer' Injects Sci-Fi Into Immigration Debate By Jason Silverman 01.24.08 PARK CITY, Utah - Tech will not set you free. At least that's the message of Sleep Dealer director Alex Rivera's impressive, eye-opening debut. Set in a futuristic world of have-nots, where 21st-century gadgetry sucks resources from the world's poor and channels them to its wealthy, the film premiered to enthusiastic response Friday at the Sundance Film Festival. In Rivera's film, Mexican villagers are forced to buy water for their crops from an armed, English-speaking robot. Most of the village's healthy men have bolted for Tijuana to look for work in cyberfactories. And the multinational imprint is seen almost everywhere. It's a timely message, deftly delivered by a self-described "digital media worker" and immigrant's son who has become a fixture on the experimental video scene. "We are being sold a false bill of goods, that the more connected we become the more equal we will be," Rivera said during an interview from Sundance's headquarters in Park City. "Statistically speaking, that's not what's happening. The more connected we become, the more we are divided." Sleep Dealer is remarkably topical for a film set in the future (albeit one described by Rivera as taking place "five minutes from now"). Central themes include outsourcing, corporate ownership of water, remote warfare, confessional internet diaries and military contractors who are accountable to no one. It's the rare political film without any reference to contemporary politics; like Blade Runner and other big-brained sci-fi flicks, it's about ideas, not selling merchandise. "I love gnomes and goblins and elves," said Rivera, who's made a name for himself touring museums and festivals with his award-winning shorts. "But what I'm really interested in is speculative fiction. I wanted to use this film to ask the question, 'Where are we going?'" Sleep Dealer tells the story of a young campensino named Memo whose DIY radio draws unwanted attention from a U.S. military contractor. Fleeing to Tijuana, Memo has implants placed in his body in order to become a "node worker" - a Mexican laborer who, from south of the border, taps into a vast network that operates robots located in the United States. Memo's robot welds girders on a skyscraper. Other node workers perform housework, watch the kids and keep the yard neat. The film's title refers to the node workers' exhaustion as they work 12-hour shifts to build, clean and maintain cities they'll never visit. In Tijuana, Memo becomes entwined with a Latino military contractor, who operates drones around the world from his base in San Diego, and an aspiring journalist who sells her memories - the blogs of the future - online. Rivera said the inspiration for the film came from a Wired magazine article about the emerging "global village." It was published around the same time that the U.S. government began building walls along the country's border with Mexico. That ironic juxtaposition started Rivera thinking: What if technology could extract the life force from the Mexican population and send it north? "The problem is that the worker comes with a body," Rivera said. "That body needs health care, and gives birth to children that need to go to school. So keep the body outside of the United States. Suck its energy and leave the cadaver or the problematic shell out of the picture." He began writing Sleep Dealer in the late 1990s, collaborating on the script with former Sundance award-winner David Riker. As the years passed, real life began making gains on Rivera's dystopian vision. "Films like Star Wars use terms like empire and rebellion, but they are bandied about in bland ways - powerful words used to describe nothing," Rivera said. "One of the original propositions of my film is that we (create that sense) of a world divided between wealth and power." Despite being shot on what Hollywood producers would consider an impossibly miniscule budget (the Los Angeles Times pegged the film's price tag at a mere $2 million), Sleep Dealer looks like a real sci-fi movie. It includes 450 effects shots, and was filmed on evocative locations throughout Mexico. Its weighty subject matter is leavened by Rivera's trickster-like sense of humor. At a party, elders in village garb dance to "old-fashioned" techno music. A booth at a seedy bar advertises "Live Node Girls." And back-alley node jobs are provided by "coyoteks," a pun on the coyotes who smuggle today's undocumented workers into the United States. Sleep Dealer serves up a radical vision of a troubling tomorrow, injecting viewers into a high-tech, developing-world future. "Science fiction always tells outsider stories, with people coming into conflict with the system," Rivera said. "But I wanted to create a science-fiction point of view that we've never seen before. We never see films about the futu
