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Pathos (film)

Pathos
Directed by
  • Dennis Cabella,
  • Marcello Ercole,
  • Fabio Prati[1][2]
Written by
  • Dennis Cabella,
  • Marcello Ercole,
  • Fabio Prati,
  • Giorgio Viaro (co-writer)[1]
Produced by
  • Dennis Cabella,
  • Marcello Ercole,
  • Fabio Prati[2]
Starring
  • Fabio Prati
  • Grant Mountjoy
  • Daniele Gatti
  • Silvia Quarantini
  • Giorgio Viaro
Cinematography
  • Dennis Cabella,
  • Marcello Ercole,
  • Fabio Prati[1]
Edited by
  • Dennis Cabella,
  • Marcello Ercole,
  • Fabio Prati[1]
Production
company
Illusion Video Production[3]
Distributed by
Release date
  • 14 February 2009 (2009-02-14) (ahead of Genova Film Festival)
Running time
17 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[2]
LanguageItalian
Budgeteffectively nil[5]

Pathos is a 2009 Italian short science-fiction horror film. It was created by the independent Illusion Video Production company. One of the founders of the company, Fabio Prati,[1][2][3] also plays the unnamed protagonist in his first screen role.[6][7] The short was made in the filmmakers' spare time.[5][8] Set in a dystopian,[7][9] post-apocalyptic Earth, the film depicts human beings living isolated from one other, slaves of a system of their own invention in control of their senses, thoughts and actions,[10] paying for intense virtual reality "lives" based on a digital copy of human civilisation before its collapse.[11] The short has been compared to the works of Philip K. Dick,[9] and to feature films such as THX-1138, Avalon, Total Recall, and, most frequently, The Matrix.[12][6][13][14]

The short won several awards and honours. Since its original festival run, Pathos has received general theatrical releases through its inclusion in a pair of science-fiction horror anthology films, Corti - Pacchetto Viola (Italy, 2012), and Galaxy of Horrors (Canada, 2017).

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  2. ^ a b c d "Pathos". LaboCine (in Italian). Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Selected Works". Illusion Video Production. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. ^ Gossett, Denise. "Shriekfest Radio! Denise Gossett interviews star of Eveless, Vin Kridakorn!" (podcast and text). Blog Talk Radio. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b Norese, Marianna (17 February 2009). "La fantascienza sbarca in Liguria". Mentelocale (in Italian). Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b Ferrara, Pia. "Corti – Pacchetto Viola (Ultracorpo, Pathos, La città nel cielo)". www.fantascienza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b Howk, Hans (6 April 2017). "Galaxy of Horrors (Movie Review)". Cryptic Rock. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Avanti con 'Pathos' obiettivo festival". La Repubblica (in Italian). 15 February 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  9. ^ a b Paşcalău, Cristian. "The Death of Individual Freedom and its Mass Effects over the Young Generation in Roberto Faenza's H2S". Phantasma. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  10. ^ Facchin, Andrea (17 February 2014). "Pathos, l'acclamato corto sci-fi made in Italy da oggi disponibile gratis online. Guarda il video". Best Movie (in Italian). Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  11. ^ Grassi, Raffaella (2009). "Pathos, fantascienza made in Genova" (scanned news clipping, month and date not provided)). Il Secolo XIX (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Is the future real? STUNNING teaser for scifi dystopian short film PATHOS". Quiet Earth. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  13. ^ Tomasi, Rollo. "PATHOS (2010) Short Film Trailer, Poster: Dennis Cabella". FilmBook. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  14. ^ Adelgaard, Karina. "Galaxy of Horrors (3/5)". Heaven of Horror. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

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