Press release
INTO ETERNITY
Melds Science Fiction with Philosophic and Environmental Issues, As It Considers the Future of Nuclear Waste
U.S. Theatrical Premiere Wednesday, February 2 2011 at Film Forum-NYC
Film Forum is pleased to present the U.S. theatrical premiere of INTO ETERNITY, beginning Wednesday, February 2. Onkalo (Finnish for “hiding place”) is under construction: it’s a cavernous world of tunnels and corridors, a permanent storage facility for nuclear waste, meant to last 100,000 years. (That’s 20 times as long as the pyramids have so far.)
Conceptual artist Michael Madsen’s film is a creepy, eerily elegant meditation on human folly, punctuated by philosophical and historical references, that asks:
How do you keep 3,000 future generations from inadvertently opening this Pandora’s Box? Should markers be posted in every language or in hieroglyphics that say “keep out”?
Would it be better not to post any notice and hope no one will chance upon it? And what about the Ice Age predicted to occur in a mere 60,000 years? Will the weight of the ice impact the structural integrity of Onkalo?
If you thought the BP oil spill was scary…
Unlike Davis Guggenheim’s AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (2006), which uses logic, diagrams, and faith in the power of human reason to fashion solutions to problems of our own making – INTO ETERNITY seems to suggest that the human race is in deep denial about the 250,000 tons of radioactive refuse already in existence.
Danish director Michael Madsen confronts the absurdity of the situation by approaching his subject with varying degrees of realism.
INTO ETERNITY will have a 2-week engagement, February 2-15, at Film Forum-NYC, West Houston Street (West of 6th Avenue), with screenings daily at 1:00, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, 8:00 and 10:00.
INTO ETERNITY (2010, 75 mins.) Written and Directed by Michael Madsen. Produced by Lise Lense-Moller. Co-producers: Sami Jahnukainen, Kristina Aberg, Lisa Taube, Tomas Eskilsson. Camera: Heikki Farm. Editors: Daniel Dencik, Stefan Sundlof. Denmark / Finland / Sweden. In English, Finnish & Swedish with English subtitles. Released by Films Transit International.
MOVIE website-http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/
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INTO ETERNITY
Melds Science Fiction with Philosophic and Environmental Issues, As It Considers the Future of Nuclear Waste
U.S. Theatrical Premiere Wednesday, February 2 2011 at Film Forum-NYC
Film Forum is pleased to present the U.S. theatrical premiere of INTO ETERNITY, beginning Wednesday, February 2. Onkalo (Finnish for “hiding place”) is under construction: it’s a cavernous world of tunnels and corridors, a permanent storage facility for nuclear waste, meant to last 100,000 years. (That’s 20 times as long as the pyramids have so far.)
Conceptual artist Michael Madsen’s film is a creepy, eerily elegant meditation on human folly, punctuated by philosophical and historical references, that asks:
How do you keep 3,000 future generations from inadvertently opening this Pandora’s Box? Should markers be posted in every language or in hieroglyphics that say “keep out”?
Would it be better not to post any notice and hope no one will chance upon it? And what about the Ice Age predicted to occur in a mere 60,000 years? Will the weight of the ice impact the structural integrity of Onkalo?
If you thought the BP oil spill was scary…
Unlike Davis Guggenheim’s AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (2006), which uses logic, diagrams, and faith in the power of human reason to fashion solutions to problems of our own making – INTO ETERNITY seems to suggest that the human race is in deep denial about the 250,000 tons of radioactive refuse already in existence.
Danish director Michael Madsen confronts the absurdity of the situation by approaching his subject with varying degrees of realism.
INTO ETERNITY will have a 2-week engagement, February 2-15, at Film Forum-NYC, West Houston Street (West of 6th Avenue), with screenings daily at 1:00, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, 8:00 and 10:00.
INTO ETERNITY (2010, 75 mins.) Written and Directed by Michael Madsen. Produced by Lise Lense-Moller. Co-producers: Sami Jahnukainen, Kristina Aberg, Lisa Taube, Tomas Eskilsson. Camera: Heikki Farm. Editors: Daniel Dencik, Stefan Sundlof. Denmark / Finland / Sweden. In English, Finnish & Swedish with English subtitles. Released by Films Transit International.
MOVIE website-http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/
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