Too Early/Too Late (1981)
- Original title
- Trop tôt, trop tard
- Directed by
- Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France, Egypt
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film shows long static shots of rural landscapes in France and then Egypt. Voiceovers read texts about the hardships of poor farmers in those places.
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What happens
Too Early/Too Late (French: Trop tôt/Trop tard) is a 1981 essay film directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet. It is a sequence of shots of rural landscapes accompanied by readings of texts about the struggles of poor farmers, followed by another sequence of shots in Egypt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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