Underplayed Gems

Modern Times Forever (2011)

Modern Times Forever poster
Original title
Stora Enso Building, Helsinki
Directed by
Rasmus Nielsen, Jakob Fenger, Bjornstjerne Reuter Christiansen, Superflex
Genre
documentary film, experimental film
Country
Vietnam, Denmark, Finland
Runtime
240h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film imagines how a Helsinki office building would change over thousands of years as time passes. It shows the building slowly falling apart and being reclaimed by nature.

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What happens

Modern Times Forever (Stora Enso Building, Helsinki) is a 2011 film by Danish artists' group Superflex. It is currently the second-longest film ever made, lasting 240 hours (10 days). The film shows how Helsinki's Stora Enso headquarters building would decay over the next few millennia. The film was originally projected against the building itself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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