Stranger

An idea that I have been toying with for a long time now is inspired by films such as: Blade Runner, Inception and Mr. Nobody. This is going to be my labour of love for years to come while I write other screenplays purely because it will be a complicated piece involving different realities that I would want to get just right before having any chance of even trying to make it.
The film will involve a man not knowing who he is or where he is and arriving in the future where society is in ruins. He fleets between different realities without knowing why and has a recurring memory of himself waking up in a room with his dead wife and son on the floor.
The soundtrack will have elements of Vangelis' score for Blade Runner and I want it to be quite a philosophical film, which will encourage people to think about the film afterwards.
I don't want to give too much away about it purely because I want to develop it more before getting feedback on the idea.

As for Otis, it is coming along nicely and I have now sorted out the ending for the father, which I'm hoping will keep the film's quirky style while completing an emotional journey perfectly. Trying to stay clear of comparisons to Forrest Gump has been difficult but I think that film relied too heavily on sentiment and therefore ended up feeling like you were being hit in the face with a wet fish. Otis will be more reliant on creative means to draw the audience in rather than sappy storyline and hopefully it will turn out to be a lovenote to all things creative and achieving within your means. I'm definitely looking forward to the writing process of the film but in the meantime planning is the name of the game.

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