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Altered CarbonW W W.SCI FI N OW.CO.U K |^013
We think it’s pretty fair to say that the
wonderfully detailed futuristic world of
Netfl ix’s Altered Carbon deserves a book of
its very own and luckily, someone else agreed
with us!
Now in its second season and taking place
360 years in the future in a metropolis known
as Bay City, Altered Carbon is set in a world
where consciousness can be transferred to
different bodies. When Envoy Takeshi Kovacs
(played by Anthony Mackie in Season Two,
replacing Joel Kinnaman) fi nds himself
sleeved in an unfamiliar body and assigned
to investigate the murder of a wealthy
businessman, he begins to uncover the seedy
underbelly of a society where death is no
longer permanent.
Written by Abbie Bernstein, Altered Carbon:
The Art And Making Of The Series takes
readers from the glittering Aerium to the gritty
streets of Bay City itself.
Featuring episode stills, development art,
fi nal designs, VFX builds, set photos, unseen
storyboards, and concept art from the fi rst
two seasons, plus interviews with the cast
and crew, this richly detailed coffee table
book will bring readers into this visually
stunning futuristic world where technology
has transformed mortality. The book even has
an entire chapter dedicated to the hand-drawnstoryboards used to chart the thrilling action in
key sequences from Season One!Altered Carbon: The Art And Making
Of The Series is available now from
Titan Books and covers Seasons One
and Two of Altered Carbon, which is available
to watch now on Netfl ix.COLLECTIVE
HORROR
Going in it together at Glasgow
FrightFest 2020
WORDS: ANTON BITEL
At FrightFest’s annual Glasgow chapter,
we are all in it together. Whether the fi lms
are good or bad, everyone is seated in
Glasgow Film Theatre’s elegant auditorium,
undistracted by alternative programmes or
‘discovery’ strands. Here it is all discovery –
an experience of new experiments in genre.
Or at least renovations, for this year’s opened
with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s
recut of SF Synchronic, and closed – contrary
to schedule, owing to DCP problems – with
Julien Seri’s killer thriller Anderson Falls.
In between, the 13-feature (plus four
short) programme included Graham Hughes’
terrifyingly tricky local fi lm Death Of A
Vlogger, Bernardo & Rafael Antonaccio’s
sunlit psychodrama In The Quarry, Neasa
Hardiman’s Covid-coincident infection night-
mer Sea Fever, Adam Stovall’s ‘haunted man’
dramedy A Ghost Waits, Ryan Spindell’s
nostalgia-burying anthology The Mortuary
Collection, Lee Min-jae’s self-conscious
smalltown romzomcom Zombie For Sale and
Joe Begos’ Carepenter-esque senior siege
actioner VFW. Our two highlights were: Rose
Glass’ unnerving portrait of a zealous lady
on fi re Saint Maud (see page 42 for our full
feature), and Tyler Cornack’s proctologically-
inclined police procedural Butt Boy.Glasgow FrightFest 2021 will take place on
4–6 March 2021.WORDS RACHAEL HARPERCYBERPUNK CHIC
We take a look at the art and making of Netfl ix’s Altered Carbon
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Altered CarbonW W W.SCI FI N OW.CO.U K |^013
We think it’s pretty fair to say that the
wonderfully detailed futuristic world of
Netfl ix’s Altered Carbon deserves a book of
its very own and luckily, someone else agreed
with us!
Now in its second season and taking place
360 years in the future in a metropolis known
as Bay City, Altered Carbon is set in a world
where consciousness can be transferred to
different bodies. When Envoy Takeshi Kovacs
(played by Anthony Mackie in Season Two,
replacing Joel Kinnaman) fi nds himself
sleeved in an unfamiliar body and assigned
to investigate the murder of a wealthy
businessman, he begins to uncover the seedy
underbelly of a society where death is no
longer permanent.
Written by Abbie Bernstein, Altered Carbon:
The Art And Making Of The Series takes
readers from the glittering Aerium to the gritty
streets of Bay City itself.
Featuring episode stills, development art,
fi nal designs, VFX builds, set photos, unseen
storyboards, and concept art from the fi rst
two seasons, plus interviews with the cast
and crew, this richly detailed coffee table
book will bring readers into this visually
stunning futuristic world where technology
has transformed mortality. The book even has
an entire chapter dedicated to the hand-drawnstoryboards used to chart the thrilling action in
key sequences from Season One!Altered Carbon: The Art And Making
Of The Series is available now from
Titan Books and covers Seasons One
and Two of Altered Carbon, which is available
to watch now on Netfl ix.COLLECTIVE
HORROR
Going in it together at Glasgow
FrightFest 2020
WORDS: ANTON BITEL
At FrightFest’s annual Glasgow chapter,
we are all in it together. Whether the fi lms
are good or bad, everyone is seated in
Glasgow Film Theatre’s elegant auditorium,
undistracted by alternative programmes or
‘discovery’ strands. Here it is all discovery –
an experience of new experiments in genre.
Or at least renovations, for this year’s opened
with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s
recut of SF Synchronic, and closed – contrary
to schedule, owing to DCP problems – with
Julien Seri’s killer thriller Anderson Falls.
In between, the 13-feature (plus four
short) programme included Graham Hughes’
terrifyingly tricky local fi lm Death Of A
Vlogger, Bernardo & Rafael Antonaccio’s
sunlit psychodrama In The Quarry, Neasa
Hardiman’s Covid-coincident infection night-
mer Sea Fever, Adam Stovall’s ‘haunted man’
dramedy A Ghost Waits, Ryan Spindell’s
nostalgia-burying anthology The Mortuary
Collection, Lee Min-jae’s self-conscious
smalltown romzomcom Zombie For Sale and
Joe Begos’ Carepenter-esque senior siege
actioner VFW. Our two highlights were: Rose
Glass’ unnerving portrait of a zealous lady
on fi re Saint Maud (see page 42 for our full
feature), and Tyler Cornack’s proctologically-
inclined police procedural Butt Boy.Glasgow FrightFest 2021 will take place on
4–6 March 2021.WORDS RACHAEL HARPERCYBERPUNK CHIC
We take a look at the art and making of Netfl ix’s Altered Carbon