‘2073’ Director Asif Kapadia Wants to ‘Shock and Scare People to Act’ With Doc About Futuristic, Fascist America
variety.comAddie Morfoot Contributor In Asif Kapadia‘s latest documentary, “2073,” Ivanka Trump celebrates her 30th year as leader of a nightmarish fascist police state that was once America.
The docudrama blends interviews with journalists and archival real-life news footage with a fictional story starring Samatha Morton to tell a story about a dystopic future that doesn’t feel too far off.
The film is inspired by Chris Marker’s 1962 featurette “La Jetée,” about a time traveler who risks his life to change the course of history and save the future of humanity. “2073” follows Morton, who plays a survivor of a near-future global catastrophe caused by AI, climate change, anti-democratic authoritarianism and technocratic mass surveillance.
Morton’s character lives in a nightmarish America led by a fascist police state. “I felt like, what are the genres that people go to the cinema and see,” says Kapadia. “They love horror films.
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