A philosophical flume ride through the physical, political and moral borders that inhibit the free movement of people and ideas. Mixing commentary, computer graphics, dramatizations, and investigative journalism, Borders probes the unsettling paradoxes behind immigration, drugs, Star Wars, and other topics.
Writing
Robert Anton Wilson's reality-bending narration.
Practical Effects
Janky CGI that accidentally predicts the internet.
Direction
Chaotic energy that mirrors its subject perfectly.
Director
Merrill Aldighieri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak 'cognitive libertarianism' — the underground movement that fueled early cyberculture, Burning Man, and parts of Silicon Valley's weird idealism before it got venture capital.
Merrill Aldighieri and Joe Tripician made this between music videos for Laurie Anderson and Devo — explaining the aggressive experimental editing that alienated traditional documentary audiences.
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