Director Cole Drumb channels the aesthetic and the atttidude of Japanese science-fiction in PostHuman, a six-minute long American anime with the production value of a feature length film. Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica), voices Kali, a powerful telekenitic who enlists a wise-ass computer hacker to help her rescue her companion from a secret covernment lab.
The films’ graphic violence, futuristic setting, wicked-cool score and smatterings of existentialism recall landmark anime films like Akira and Ghost in the Shell; and the quality of the animation isn’t that far off either. The only real complaint I have of the movie is its scant running time (four and a half minutes if you don’t count the credits). Drumb and his collaborators have created a fully realized world populated by intriguing characters, who we pick up with at what feels like the climax of a much larger story. What came before is left to our imagination. But personally, I’d be thrilled to see more.
Tom Clift: How would you describe your film in one sentence?
A hyperkinetic blast of ESP and future-tech, plus there’s a dog.
Tom Clift: When did you both know you wanted to be filmmakers?
Cole Drumb: Very early on I knew I wanted to focus on the comics industry or the film industry. I’m now an old man and I would still like to work in either the comics industry or the film industry.
Jennifer Wai-Yun Luk: Growing up, I was always interested in visual arts and music, and I was a voracious reader as well. Utilizing visual and aural elements to tell stories is what film is all about, so it was the logical choice to pursue as an artistic endeavor.
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