Opening in NYC today, February 2: INTO ETERNITY
This stylized meditation on time as it relates to radioactive waste and human existence, directed by conceptual artist Michael Madsen, has screened at a number of international film festivals and made its official US debut at last year’s Tribeca. I wrote about the film in one of my posts about IDFA, saying:
INTO ETERNITY explores the monumental construction of Finland’s Onkalo, a humongous underground depository for nuclear waste that won’t be completed until the 22nd Century. Dealing with spans of time in the hundreds, and even hundreds of thousands, of years, the film offers plenty of food for thought about the limits of our ability to communicate with and plan for a future far beyond our typical musings. If there’s one aspect to Madsen’s approach that I take issue with is his too frequent appearances on camera, interludes in which he tells a cautionary tale. A little of this goes a long way, and what might be viewed as a welcome bit of showmanship in the earliest section becomes a bit wearisome by the end. Despite this quibble, the film is smart and thought-provoking, and worth seeking out.
INTO ETERNITY opens today exclusively at NYC’s Film Forum for a week run.
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