https://fictionmachine.com/2021/07/30/fantasia-review-beyond-the-infinite-two-minutes-2020/ Deconstructing the machinery of cinema. Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://fictionmachine.com/2021/07/30/fantasia-review-beyond-the-infinite-two-minutes-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-15050 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:26:01 +0000 http://fictionmachine.com/?p=10314#comment-15050 […] into the future, the achievement of this one-of-a-kind work becomes obvious. In my review, I wrote: ‘This is a movie that makes one want to grab their friends by both shoulders and […]

]]> https://fictionmachine.com/2021/07/30/fantasia-review-beyond-the-infinite-two-minutes-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-14684 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:20:28 +0000 http://fictionmachine.com/?p=10314#comment-14684 […] The owner of a Japanese cafe finishes up for the night and retires to his apartment upstairs. In the living room he sees himself on the television, apparently speaking from the cafe below – 120 seconds into the future. He runs downstairs, only to find himself staring at his living room through a monitor – where it is now 120 seconds into the past. What ensues from this set-up is a single-shot time travel story, developed with a startling imagination and an unprecedented recognition of story potential for such a basic premise. It is laugh-out-loud funny stuff, boasting mind-blowing concepts and a hugely inventive storyline. Produced by a Japanese theatre troupe, it is a current front-runner to be my favourite film of the year. It is the most enchanted and surprised I have been by a new SF film in some time. (review) […]

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