Synth Rider
| Synth Rider | |
|---|---|
| The Rise of the Synths character | |
| File:TROTS SynthRider2-980x411.jpg The Synth Rider | |
| First appearance | 28/04/2016, in The Rise of the Synths crowdfunding trailer[1] |
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Synth Rider is a fictional character in The Rise of the Synths, created by Iván Castell and played by Spanish actor Rubén Martinez.
Concept and creation[edit]
The Synth Rider (also known as Synthrider, without spaces) is a fictional character created by Spanish Director Iván Castell in 2015 played by Spanish actor Rubén Martinez.[2] He is a lonely driver who time-travels in a Delorean and who comes from the 80s with the only mission of preserving the legacy of its Masters: the electronic pioneers Giorgio Moroder, John Carpenter, Vangelis and Tangerine Dream (among others).
He created him "as an homage of the Mad Max’s Night Rider character and Ryan Gosling in Drive."[3] French journalist Nicolas Plomee points out another reference to the 80s classic film "Back to the future": "The reference to Back to the future (1985) from Robert Zemeckis is accentuated by those scenes, half-way into Drive (2010) from Nicolas Winding Refn, (...) and Mad Max (1979) from George Miller, where the character drives a DeLorean."[4]
Appearances[edit]
The character first appeared on the crowdfunding campaign video[1] of the feature documentary The Rise of the Synths that started in April 2016 on Kickstarter.[5] That campaign failed, but the character reappeared in a second campaign video[6] (as the leader of #LaResistance movement), that re-launched on Indiegogo.[7]
He is the side-protagonist in the feature film, time-traveling in a Delorean guided by the voice of the narrator: John Carpenter. As journalist Ben Beaumont-Thomas described at The Guardian review of the film: "Carpenter is employed as a sensei-like narrator, recording his observations on to a cassette tape to be taken back in time by a Gosling-type pretty-boy street punk driving a DeLorean".[8]
Reception[edit]
Being a readaptation of a longtime archetype used in the retro scene - the lone night rider driving an 80s sport car - the character was well received by the Synthwave fans, and the term Synthrider was adopted organically by the community as a way of referring themselves as Synthwave fans, starting to populate as a hashtag on Twitter[9] and Instagram[10] profiles in 2016.
Director Iván Castell declared that this character wasn't supposed to be in the final film, he was originally created for a mood trailer as a way of catching the attention of film producers. It then was re-used in the first crowdfunding campaign and it worked so well, that he decided to integrate him in the upcoming film.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Rise of the Synths - Official Teaser".
- ↑ "The Rise of the Synths - Crowdfunding campaign". Vimeo.
- ↑ "Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020: Interview with Iván Castell, Director of THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS".
- ↑ Mushroom, Section26- (2020-09-09). "Musical Ecran 2020 / "Rise of the synths" de Ivan Castell". Section26 (in français). Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ↑ "The Rise of the Synths – Director Interview". Newretrowave.
- ↑ "The Rise of the Synths - #LARESISTANCE Crowdfunding campaign".
- ↑ "THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS: LAST DAYS FOR FILM PRE-ORDER AND SUPPORT IS MARCH 30!". soudntrackandmore.
- ↑ "The Rise of the Synths review – the world's most nostalgic music scene". the Guardian. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ↑ "Twitter hashtag".
- ↑ "Instagram hashtag".
- ↑ "The Rise of The Synths an interview with Ivan Castell". Paradise Arcade Podcast.
External links[edit]
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