The Drivetime
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Rob Brezsny (add'l text)
Michael George
Susan Mansfield
Kristen Kosmas,
| The Drivetime | |
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 Publicity still | |
| Directed by | Antero Alli |
| Written by | Antero Alli Rob Brezsny (add'l text) |
| Produced by | Antero Alli |
| Starring | Michael Douglas Michael George Susan Mansfield Kristen Kosmas, |
| Cinematography | Antero Alli |
| Edited by | Antero Alli John Comerford |
| Distributed by | ParaTheatrical ReSearch112905 |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$5,000[citation needed] |
The Drivetime is a 1995 science fiction film directed, written, and produced by the Finnish-American filmmaker Antero Alli.
The film opens in the year 2023 in the Nostradamus Islands. A librarian named Flux recalls a series of earthquakes that destroyed the continental United States. A totalitarian government took control of the United States following the disaster, but video footage from the pre-earthquake world was lost. The government sends Flux back in time to the Seattle, Washington, of 1999, to locate video footage of a riot that took place prior to the earthquake. He arrives in a society where telecommunications technology has replaced human interactions and where police operations are presented as television entertainment. He also discovers the government is putting forth footage of non-existent riots as a means of establishing law and order.[1][2]
Production
The Drivetime was produced on a budget of US$5,000 (currently $11,000[3]).[4] Rob Brezsny, author of the syndicated newspaper column "Real Astrology", wrote the text for the film's psychedelic infomercials.[4]
Alli shot The Drivetime in five different video formats—BETA SP, HI-8, VHS, C-VHS, SVHS—and in Super 8 film. The riot footage was culled from the September 10, 1994, riots in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood that protested alleged police brutality.[5]