Last and First Men (2020)
- Directed by
- Jóhann Jóhannsson
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country
- Iceland
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 139 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
A narrator speaks over black and white images of monumental brutalist structures. The film imagines a future where humans are nearly extinct and one of the last surviving beings reflects on the history of their species.
meditativecontemplativeslow-burnaustereelegiacatmosphericminimalist
What happens
Last and First Men is a 2020 English-language Icelandic science fiction film directed by Jóhann Jóhannsson, who co-wrote the screenplay with José Enrique Macián. Based on the 1930 novel of the same name by English author Olaf Stapledon, it is the only feature film directed by Jóhannsson, a composer who died of an overdose two years before its release. The film had its world premiere at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on 25 February 2020, and was digitally released on 30 July, by BFI Distribution in the United Kingdom. It received widespread critical acclaim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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