SpiralTruth

In today’s world of increasingly fast-paced information, a good acid test for freshness is the lack of a wikipedia article. I was amazed more than anything, after watching the trailer for “The Last Drug” at the lack of information about it. This is, according to the site, the first full-length feature film, shot entirely in HD, to be released under the Creative Commons license. The company releasing it is VEB FILM, based in Germany. They previously released a Creative Commons licensed film called “Route 66 – An American (bad) Dream”, which I have yet to watch. Apparently, they did well enough with Route 66 to warrant another experiment with the Creative Commons. I find this wildly exciting, not only because the idea of the Creative Commons is so appealing to my inner utopian idealist, but also because of the quality. I can honestly say I’m more excited to see this film than any completely commercial production over the last few years. Yes, even more excited than I was to see The Dark Knight. I’m not saying it’ll stand up to Hollywood standards. But then, sometimes Hollywood doesn’t stand up to its own standards. There is a lot of crap produced every year that we’re more than willing to pay for. But make up your own mind. Check out the following trailer and see if you’re as intrigued as I am about the movie:

The site’s description of the movie is: “Three backpackers cross South America searching for one of the world´s most powerful drugs. The self-experiment turns into a race against insanity, in a world, where the mind transcends the senses.” My guess from the trailer is that we’ll eventually find out that the person hooked up to the IV has taken the “last drug”, something which probably transcends the reality of this world in an almost Matrix like way. In fact, I expect this movie to be a lot like the Matrix, without all the gratuitous violence – choosing to explore the philosophy rather than simply use it as the backdrop to an action movie. But that’s just my guess. It may turn out completely different. The cool thing about it being a CC movie is that if it does disappoint me enough, I could always remix it! Finally, I’ll note that I did eventually find a wikipedia entry about it, albeit in German. If you happen to spreken ze deutsch, you can read about it here. The entire film is supposed to be released in 2008, and we have only three days left in the year as of this post, so I’m hoping to be posting an update on the actual content of the film very soon.