![]() Isabel Clemens, mastermind behind a technology called Brain Box, which plugs people into "ugly simulated worlds to generate appreciation for the real world." Greg doesn't remember anything about this idyllic "real" world he's now experiencing-although his sketches hint that he might subconsciously remember-as romance blooms with Isabel. In what is admittedly a very Matrix move, Isabel pulls him out of the "simulation," and he finds himself in her laboratory. "You're real," she says, telling him that all the people he sees outside aren't real-the two of them are just in a simulation. But it has a feeling, and the feeling's real." His daughter Emily (Nesta Cooper) calls about her upcoming graduation, and while he assures her he'll be there in the bleachers cheering her on, it's clear his job is both demanding of his time and possibly in jeopardy. ("Taking the day off in here? The big boss wants to see you," a co-worker informs him.) To drown his sorrows, he goes to a local bar, where he meets Hayek's Isabel. ![]() ![]() "I have a picture in my head of a place," Wilson's Greg says in a voiceover as the trailer opens and he sketches tranquil scenes on a notepad. Per the official premise: "An unfulfilled man (Wilson) and a mysterious woman (Hayek) believe they are living in a simulated reality, but when their newfound 'Bliss' world begins to bleed into the 'ugly' world, they must decide what's real and where they truly belong." Clearly, Cahill is interested in exploring themes of duality, because he has returned to that rich vein for Bliss (not to be confused with the 2019 Fantastic Fest selection of the same name). The plot of Another Earth centered on the discovery of a mirror Earth planet, where everyone has a doppelgänger. In short, he's got some serious indie sci-fi film street cred. It was also among the top 10 indie films of the year selected by the National Board of Review Awards. Cahill's 2014 followup feature, I Origins, also snagged the Sloan Prize Cahill is the only director to have twice won the award. Sloan Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Sure, the basic concept sounds a bit like a ripoff of The Matrix with a dash of Solaris, but Mike Cahill is the director, which bodes well for Bliss being a fresher take on a familiar premise.Ĭahill, you see, also directed the 2011 indie sci-fi film, Another Earth-his first feature-which received a standing ovation at its premiere and won the Alfred P. Owen Wilson ( Shanghai Noon, Zoolander) plays a man who finds himself flitting between two worlds, one of which is supposedly a simulation, in Bliss, a new science fiction film coming to Amazon Prime next month that co-stars Salma Hayek ( Desperado, Frida). Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek star in the forthcoming science fiction film Bliss.
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