The Film to Come (1997)
9m
Running Time
November 16, 1997Release Date
Plot.
If any single piece can act as a key to Ruiz, it may be the 1997 short Le Film à Venir (The Film to Come). The titular film is a holy fragment of celluloid that can only be seen by a secret society known as the Philokinetes. They watch it on a loop, somnambulating through a life that is unreal by comparison. It is the belief of the Philokinetes that film has an existence “independent from humans. Cinema, they said, is the primeval soup of a new life form. There from were to emerge pure screening creatures. Which is to say, non-topical beings.” - n+1
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Details.
Release DateNovember 16, 1997
Original NameLe Film à venir
StatusReleased
Running Time9m
Wiki.
The Film to Come (French: Le film à venir) is a 1997 French short film directed by Raúl Ruiz. The story concerns a cult that continuously watches a 23-second long film in a neverending loop. The film has no dialogue; instead, an ever-changing narrator gives a first-person account of his experience with the cult.