Home Depot Creativity: An Interview with Leonardo Pirondi on Tropicais Fractais

Leonardo Pirondi’s debut feature Tropicais Fractais isn’t your conventional sci-fi epic. There is a spaceship, a futuristic bio-dome-like built environment, AI-powered supercomputers, and the impending end of the world, but you won’t find his film in a multiplex. (It has its U.S. premiere this weekend at the Chicago Underground Film Festival, whose films aren’t exactly multiplex-friendly.) Shot on 16mm in Portugal and on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Tropicais Fractais (which translates to “tropical fractals”) announces an exciting voice in...