



The tale of Aniara is actually an old one, having been taken from a dramatic poem in 1956 from the lauded poet Harry Martinson. Aniara falls into this sub category of sci-fi, blending art house visuals with a sort of bleak, Lord of the Fliesesque dramatic coloring to it. However, there is an alternative to the laser swords, explosions and generally systematic storytelling of those types of films (no matter how fantastic they may be) in the more existential high-concept science fiction storytelling. When most people think Sci-fi films they are automatically filled with images of Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, Aliens etc etc etc.
