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J.G. Ballard

J.G. Ballard

James Graham Ballard was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Born in an international settlement in Shanghai to British parents before his family emigrated to the UK, Ballard began writing in the 1950s, becoming associated with the New Wave of science fiction with post-apocalyptic novels such as The Wind from Nowhere and The Drowned World.

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Movies Made By J.G. Ballard (14)

High-Rise (2015)

Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control. ...

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Home (2003)

The ostensibly calm and courteous Gerald Ballantyne lives in and embodies modern suburbia. But he is haunted by the memory of a recent car crash and hounded by his estranged wife and her demands for divorce. Slowly, a festering insanity takes over and unwi ...

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Low-Flying Aircraft (2002)

Based on a the short story "Low Flying Aircraft" by J.G. Ballard and set in a near future where humans are dying breed. Judite and André flee to a semi-abandoned apartment complex to protect their mutant child from certain death. ...

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The Atrocity Exhibition (1998)

A doctor in a mental research institution is driven insane by the spectacle of the horrors of the twentieth century. ...

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Crash (1996)

A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls. ...

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Ten Monologues from the Lives of the Serial Killers (1994)

Based on the writings of: J.G. Ballard, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Henry Rollins, Roberta Lannes, Edmund Emil Kemper, etc. The structure of this film is literally that of the title: ten monologues adapted from various fiction and documentary sources w ...

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Minus One (1991)

Strange things are happening at Green Hill asylum… ...

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Empire of the Sun (1987)

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separ ...

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Nightmare Angel (1986)

Inspired by J.G. Ballard's novel Crash, the film focuses on Jack and Diana Weston, who, after suffering a car crash, find their lives intruded upon by Dr. de Freis, a chronicler of car accidents who attempts to verify the psychological changes that occur i ...

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Billenium (1974)

Two roommates discover an extra personal space that they have never known. Things become complicated when they allow two other close friends to share the space, and the ensuing snowball effect of their invitees bringing family to live in the room. ...

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Crash! (1971)

A surreal, moody short about the fetishisation of automobiles and auto accidents. ...

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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him. ...

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Science Fiction Is Us (1970)

A comparison of science fiction and real life. ...

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Thirteen to Centaurus (1965)

Interstellar travel at sub-light speeds: the enormous distances, isolation from human culture and the aching loneliness of space are enough to drive the strongest personality insane. Better to block all memories of human contact and to program the 12-stron ...

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Movies Starring J.G. Ballard (8)

Hyperstition (2015)

A film on time and narrative by Christopher Roth with Armen Avanessian. Hyperstitional thinking hijacks the present-forming daring interventions into conditions of cybernetic governance that foreclose contingency. ...

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J.G. Ballard: A Profile (2003)

Tom Sutcliffe meets J.G. Ballard, arguably one of Britain's most profound and provocative novelists, author of such works as Crash, High-Rise and Empire of the Sun. ...

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London Orbital (2002)

A filmmaker sets out to make a voyage of discovery on London's orbital motorway, the M25. He enlists the help of several others to film the motorway from several points, drive endlessly around it and dig up stories and potential beauty behind the motorway. ...

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J.G. Ballard: The Future Is Now (1998)

The Future Is Now was produced for Swedish television and has Ballard as the only protagonist and his house as the main decoration. ...

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Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard (1990)

A film essay on Ballard's fiction, and its unrealised cinematic potential, with particular reference to David Cronenberg's (yet to be filmed) Crash, featuring an interview with the director, prior to making of his film. ...

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The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun (1987)

Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun ...

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The Unlimited Dream Company (1983)

An experimental documentary portrait of author J.G. Ballard. Ballard speaks about his life and work, and submits to a lengthy personality questionnaire; these sections are intercut with surrealist scenes inspired by Ballard's fiction, centering on a downe ...

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Crash! (1971)

A surreal, moody short about the fetishisation of automobiles and auto accidents. ...

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