Debbie Harry narrates a journey through cyber cinema of the 80s and 90s, exploring AI, VR, and digital dreams in films like 'The Matrix' and 'Tron'.

Amanda Kramer's SO UNREAL is a cinephile's visual essay examining a canon of films that dared dream beyond the threshold of the real. Across a 20-year span - 1981 to 2001 - depictions of 'future shock' technologies such as artificial intelligence, cyberspace, and virtual reality grew in both frequency and complexity. Cinema in these years provided an outlet for humanity's intertwined anxieties, fears, and fantasies about the brave new frontiers looming ahead.


Narrated by Blondie icon Debbie Harry, SO UNREAL mines the substance and subtext of cyber-minded landmarks like Tron, Videodrome, Brainstorm, Terminator 2, Tetsuo, Lawnmower Man, Hackers, The Matrix, and dozens more. Soundtracked with deep cuts from the electronic underground, and styled with CGI-glitch FX, SO UNREAL maps the subcurrents of euphoria and dystopia simmering in the cinematic subconscious of the end of the 20th century.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• Audio Commentary featuring Writer/Producer/Director Amanda Kramer, Writer Britt Brown, Editor/Producer Benjamin Shearn and Executive Producer Brian Miller
• A conversation between Debbie Harry and Amanda Kramer, filmed live at the 2024 Rotterdam Film Festival
• The feature-length documentary SILK, a behind-the-scenes portrait of 100% Silk, the record label behind much of the music in SO UNREAL (92 min.)
• A booklet featuring an essay on the film by Executive Producer Brian Miller, a comprehensive SO UNREAL filmography, and soundtrack listing
• Isolated Music and Sound Design Track
• Official Trailer + Teaser
• Other Trailers
• English Language 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
• English SDH
• Region-Free

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Debbie Harry as Self - Narrator

Director: Amanda Kramer

Additional Details

Label: Altered Innocence

Genre: Documentary

Language: English

Run Time: 98 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/16/25

UPC: 688187004877