Resan (1987)
- Directed by
- Peter Watkins
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Australia, Italy
- Runtime
- 14h 33m
- Rating
- 4.6 of 10 from 7 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
Ordinary people across the world share their thoughts on nuclear weapons, military spending, and poverty. The film weaves together their voices into a very long documentary about global awareness of these issues.
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What happens
Resan (Swedish for The Journey) is a 1987 documentary film by Peter Watkins, made between the years 1983 and 1985 on several continents, and structured around the theme of nuclear weapons, military spending and poverty. Ordinary people are asked about their awareness of these issues. With a running time of 14 hours and 33 minutes, Resan is the longest non-experimental film ever made. It was screened at the 1987 Festival of Festivals as well as the "International Forum for New Cinema" of the Berlin Film Festival in 1987, but has rarely been seen since. In February 2007, it was screened at the Mexico City International Festival of Contemporary Cinema (FICCO) as part of a retrospective on Peter Watkins. Between April 25 and May 1, 2007, all nineteen parts of the film were screened at the Austrian Filmmuseum in Vienna, Austria as part of a retrospective on Peter Watkins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Imago urbis (1987)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.