Difference between revisions of "MR. NOBODY"
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'''MR. NOBODY. Jaco Van Dormael, director, script.''' Sylvie Olivé, production design. Belgium and other countries: Pan Européenne, Virtual Films, Christal Films, et al., production / Magnolia Pictures (US distribution), 2009. See IMDb for extremely complex production and distribution.[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485947/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co] 141 minutes. | '''MR. NOBODY. Jaco Van Dormael, director, script.''' Sylvie Olivé, production design. Belgium and other countries: Pan Européenne, Virtual Films, Christal Films, et al., production / Magnolia Pictures (US distribution), 2009. See IMDb for extremely complex production and distribution.[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485947/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co] 141 minutes. | ||
| − | Art film with scientific/science-fictional premises, including "the butterfly effect"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect] and a scientific understanding of time. Amidst the mashup of genres, with an emphasis on love stories, see image of humans' going to Mars in a futuristic spacecraft in a futuristic long line of hibernating tourists opposite a giant screen showing, when we see it, a Bollywood movie.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood] During the exposition on time, we see literal clockworks, of the high-modern, late-19th-c. variety. | + | Art film with scientific/science-fictional premises, including "the butterfly effect"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect] and a scientific understanding of time. Amidst the mashup of genres, with an emphasis on love stories, see image of humans' going to Mars in a futuristic spacecraft in a futuristic long line of hibernating tourists opposite a giant screen showing, when we see it, a Bollywood movie.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood] During the exposition on time, we see literal clockworks, of the high-modern, late-19th-c. variety. Note also imaging of alternative time-lines with movement on to one set of railroad tracks or another, suggesting both alternatives and determinism. |
For butterfly effect, cf. and contrast "[[Brooklyn Project]]." | For butterfly effect, cf. and contrast "[[Brooklyn Project]]." | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:01, 13 August 2017
MR. NOBODY. Jaco Van Dormael, director, script. Sylvie Olivé, production design. Belgium and other countries: Pan Européenne, Virtual Films, Christal Films, et al., production / Magnolia Pictures (US distribution), 2009. See IMDb for extremely complex production and distribution.[1] 141 minutes.
Art film with scientific/science-fictional premises, including "the butterfly effect"[2] and a scientific understanding of time. Amidst the mashup of genres, with an emphasis on love stories, see image of humans' going to Mars in a futuristic spacecraft in a futuristic long line of hibernating tourists opposite a giant screen showing, when we see it, a Bollywood movie.[3] During the exposition on time, we see literal clockworks, of the high-modern, late-19th-c. variety. Note also imaging of alternative time-lines with movement on to one set of railroad tracks or another, suggesting both alternatives and determinism.
For butterfly effect, cf. and contrast "Brooklyn Project."
RDE, Initial Compiler, 12, 13/VIII/17
