Until the End of the World [Region 2 Import]
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Primary Contributor: William HurtPrimary Contributor: Solveig Dommartin
Primary Contributor: Sam Neill
Primary Contributor: Max Von Sydow
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: PAL
Running Time: 151 minutes
Product features:
- Theatrical Trailer
- Essay on the films of Jason Wood
Movie Reviews of Until the End of the World [Region 2 Import]
Movie Review: The Obsessive Dream
Summary: 5 Stars
At its core, this is a film about the sometimes-destructive nature of obsession - the central character's obsession with the object of her desire, her former lover's obsession with quantifying their relationship, the obsession of bounty hunters with their quarry, the obsession of a son's desperate hope for his father's approval and that father's obsession with cutting-edge science taking precedence over any interpersonal considerations - with the exception of his obsessive love for his wife. This film is an epic, dream-like study of the human cost of all-consuming passion.
It's also a lot of fun. Wim Wenders was smart enough to place the timeline of events in this film no more than ten years on from shooting, thus taking advantage of newly-emergent technology showcased in ingenious ways as well as avoiding the dated look that plagues many science fiction films a decade or two after their release.
The soundtrack is amazing. I have personally worn-out or loaned-out seven separate cds and cassettes. It has been the soundtrack of my life for the better part of 15 years.
As a final word I would like to add that this film resembles a lucid dream state, one of those dreams you awaken from and attempt to describe ("...Well, then I was in Australia, and there were these guys chasing me so I got in a plane and then I was in a laboratory, except it was in a cave...")
This film begins with a dream and it ends with several recovering dream addicts adrift on a planet which appears to be recovering from a nightmare, a nightmare they seemed to have missed entirely in the all-encompassing pursuit of their heart's desires.
Summary of Until the End of the World [Region 2 Import]
One of cinema's most audacious directors, Wim Wenders, the visionary creator of "Paris, Texas" and "Wing Of Desire", brings us the ultimate road movie. Set in an alternate 1999 it presents a world living under the threat of quiet annihilation as a nuclear satellite spirals out of its orbit and back to Earth. As human beings seem to put their lives on hold, a young woman is chased across the globe with a mysterious fugitive who has absconded with a secret government project that might perhaps alter the fate of mankind itself. Starring William Hurt, Max Von Sydow and Jeanne Moreau, the film was shot in 15 cities in seven countries on four continents, and feature truly spellbinding cinematography by Robby Muller making Wenders and acclaimed author Peter Carey's creation a modern day Odyssey. With a prophetic soundtrack featuring U2, David Byrne, KD Lang, Brian Eno, Depeche Mode and many more the film is as much an aural pleasure as a visual one.DVD Video
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