Big Worlds On Small Screens & Fantasy/Sci-Fi Films You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Another Earth”

~ by Rebecca Fisher

Directed by Mike Cahill and starring William Mapother and Brit Marling, perhaps the most notable thing about independent sci-fi film Another Earth is how limited its budget was. Shot around the director’s hometown so that he could call in favours from his friends and family, and using his own childhood home as the main character’s house, a number of innovative ideas were utilized to keep expenses down. One particular shot, which required a character to exit a prison, was a...