Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.
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I'm all for art films, but they must have something to say. This is just an endless series or images of objects and grey fields. If you want to try something really depressing for 70 minutes, this is it. But if you want any story, progression, humanity or life in your movies, you will not find it here.
Fmovies: This is a beautiful art/science/philosophy installation music film by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson released after his death in 2018, from a haunting text by the British philosopher and writer Olaf Stapledon, known by his "science fiction" in the first half of the 20th-Century. It's narrated by Tilda Swinton, who conveys greatly the tone of a once and future humanity (a post-humanity, if you will). The visuals are provided mostly by brutalist Soviet concrete architecture from the former Yugoslavia.
Apparently the film is being marketed by some quarters like some sort of kind of post-apocalyptic sci-fi pic, and apparently kids are watching it with expectations of seeing the likes of Mad Max (which is a great series of films, anyway) or Ready Player One or who knows what kind of zombie crap. This is not it, and you can then laugh at their perplexed and resentful reviews giving the film 1 star. No, nope, nope. What were they sold? This is not World War Z, nor the Time Machine. Think, if of anything, of Guy Debord's films, John Berger, Soviet films, think of Paul Virilio's Bunker Archaeology, think of the visuals and soundtrack for T. S. Eliot's serious poems (not "Cats", of course), etc. Think of Cosmos or 2001: A Space Odissey, if you want. Think of a documentary. Think of a museum exhibit. Think of a manifesto for post-humanity. Think of archaeology in 2 Billion AD... but for Pete's sake, when you get into watching this film, stop thinking you are entering a McDonald's or a Chuck E. Cheese when you come in into The Met or a Guggenheim museum.
Is there anything more chilling that the acknowledgment of own mortality?
Last and First Men fmovies. I wouldn't really regard nor describe this as a film, but a great art installation piece. The music is fantastic & contemplative & complements the visuals completely & it does project you into another worldly experience along with the narration of Tulsa Swinton. Unsurprisingly it is mainly a vehicle for the composition of sounds & is surprisingly hypnotic. Best experienced BIG, DARK & LOUD.
This is not a typical movie so if you are looking for something different, try this. It is completely driven by the deep and complex story revealed in the narration. Very abstract visually.
Most people won't 'get' this movie - but if you want to go on a philosophical journey into the nature of consciousness, give this a go. I recommend a 420-friendly approach.
The view that said this 'has nothing to say' must have not been paying attention, because the story is vastly more complicated than any mainstream sci-fi movie.
I think this is one of the fine sci-fi movie ever attempted. Why? Sci-fi is all about ideas. When the idea presented well it becomes masterpiece and when it fails becomes some crap. In this 70 minutes journey the director make us think, believe and amaze with the theme. But for that to enjoy you need patience because the movie contains zero actors or action sequences. It's crude ideas delivered as directly possible.