The film tells the story of Dante Williamsthe film is set around 2018 . A new drug called Elysium is causing epidemic around the world, the drug is know to cause vivid hallucinations, the substance is highly addictive and it slowly eats away and its user. As this is a new drug no one really knows the extent of damaging the drug does but one thing is for sure take to much and you will die.
There are few indications that some one is taking the drug, the only existing indications that someone is taking Elysium is that their eyes become blood shot and when close to death the users have been known to actually bleed from their eyes, The movie follows a young addict called Dante, Dante is a fairly normal looking person average height average build dark hair , the movie deals with his addiction but also with his hallucinations caused by the drugs. In Dante's hallucinations we see the effect of the drug on his mind. He hallucinates that he is in a forest inhabited by horrible creatures who represent the problems in his life during these hallucinations he is also haunted by his loved ones begging him to help them, because the hallucinations are so vivid he believes that his vision are real.
He begins to call this place limbo believing that his loved ones are trapped here waiting to go to heaven, however As the creatures represent problems Dante believes he has to kill his loved ones Problems in order for them to gain passage to heaven. The movie follows Dante attempts to save his love ones but the effect of the drugs always run off before he can save them, because of this Dante begins to up the dose so he has more time in limbo to dpend in limbo trying to save them . the movie also follows the effect of the drug on this real life he is so concerned about these hallucinations he lose his job and even forget to eat so he is slowly starving himself.
To make matters worse he has began to cry blood an indication that he is close to death because of this dante begins to plan to take a lethal dose of the drug in a final attempt to save his loved ones. During this last attempt to save his loved ones he manages to save them at least in this mind he has saved them, but as we see him saving he loved ones in limbo this is a graphic match and we see Dante dying in real life.
Setting
: His apartment; The design of his apartment especially his room it is litter with reference to similar ideas such as an alice in wonderland , The divine comedy or also books like 1984 and also a poster for DMC these are just some on the things other ideas are a computer that the matrix code flash up on a the screen. or even more subtle hints like a can of virility a Drink from DMC. from a window in his apartment two billboards can be seen one advertising The Soylent Corporation and the other promoting a rehab centre claiming to cure addiction to Elysium Limbo: I feel that the feel of limbo is very important for the overall success of a movie of this type. if you look at the pictures below we see different examples of how this can be done I personal like the lighting in the first picture but i feel the second photo looks much more menacing and imposing add would fit the feel of limbo much better
Creatures:
Music : Autopilot-Queens of the stone-age- I feel this music would be good for the scene in limbo as i feel it would set the tone of the scene as it has a very discentive lead guitar which i feel would add to the feel created by limbo especially in the fight scenes.
Gonna see my friend-Pearl jam
Pool shark-Sublime- I feel this song would fit very well with the final attempt scene the song was wrote by Brad Nowell and in this song he is talking about his heroin addictions and how he knows it will kill him but he just can't stop taking it it a sad story and the lyric seem appropriate for the scene "take it away but i want more,and more, one day i'm gonna lose the war".
Black sabbath-sweet leaf
Chop Suey-System of a down
