Art Utopia Series
25 on amazon prime was filmed last fall but one of its storylines concerns.
Art utopia series. Fine art photographer justine kurland is well known for her dreamy images of women care free runaway adolescents schoolgirls mothers and soon to be mothers clothed and naked captured in utopian american landscapes often cast in a gorgeous golden glow. Utopia star sasha lane aka jessic hyde has explained the show s surprising connection to conspiracy theories and global pandemics. Utopia is a wake up sheeple show and in the age of q it s not hard to see the appeal. Amazon prime video s new thriller utopia arrives with a topical pandemic storyline and a premise that centers on a conspiracy etched in the pages of a comic book.
When author and showrunner gillian flynn was adapting dennis kelly s u k. Before the birth of her son casper kurland spent most of her time travelling across america in search of subjects. The original channel 4 series which aired between 2013 and 2014 was a classic piece of cult british telly. Utopia s series premiere life begins effectively uses ruas art to introduce viewers to the mythology of dystopia in twisted fairy tale fashion once upon a time while also explaining why the unearthing of the unpublished sequel ignites a frenzy among fans and triggers the blood bath that follows.
T he new version of utopia has been long awaited or at least long talked about. Amazon studios remake of the bbc series utopia written by gone girl and sharp objects author gillian flynn is a paranoid pandemic thriller that validates some of the worst deep state. This isn t a comic book adaptation however. The other more sideways bit of relevance in utopia is the brutal individualism of it all.
Instead it s a reimagining of a british show of the same name that s taken quite a while to make its way to the small screen. Utopia is the latest example and a fairly elaborate one of the guessing. You can add utopia to the art imitating life entertainment trope. The series premiering friday sept.
Except that the series which premiered friday on amazon prime video isn t exactly about any of those things.
