Duncan Jones is a director who loves his science fiction. After finding success with his debut feature Moon, Jones assumed the helm of this week's Jake Gyllenhaal pic Source Code, about a soldier involved in a government project that sends him back to relive a dead man's final eight minutes in order to avert a terrorist attack. What's more, Jones spent his down time on the Source Code promo trail whipping up a treatment for his next film -- an even larger scale tale that he promises will be "my last blast of sci-fi." So really, who better to drop some friendly pro-tips on making science fiction cinema than the man currently making his mark in the genre?
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Everyone can agree that infographics are uber-cool and all that -- combining snazzy, geek t-shirt-ready design with movie science that your brain can't process on its own. (Are the criss-crossing timelines of Back to the Future III confusing? There's an infographic for that.) But is it the best idea to release a movie science-explaining infographic for a film that hasn't yet been released, as in the eye-pleasing-but-possibly-semi-spoilery art for Duncan Jones' Source Code? Spoilers ahead.
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SXSW Film attendees sat star-struck in the aisles, angling to get a look at Jake Gyllenhaal in the flesh -- and that was before his latest vehicle, Source Code, premiered as the opening night headliner. As in the film, which focuses on Gyllenhaal in various states of confusion as an war veteran recruited to re-live the same eight minutes in time in hopes of averting a terrorist attack, Thursday night's screening was all about Jake -- and that could very bode well for Summit as they look to open strong next month.
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