One of the best works to premiere at Sundance in 2023, filmmaking pioneer Deborah Stratman’s Last Things explores the planet and our history through the point of view of rocks and minerals in formally thrilling ways. With it now set for a 35mm run at Anthology Film Archives starting next week, playing alongside shorts by Cauleen Smith and Shambhavi Kaul, we’re pleased to exclusively premiere the first trailer and poster courtesy Cinema Guild.
Here’s the synopsis: “Last Things looks at evolution and extinction from the perspective of the rocks and minerals that came before humanity and will outlast us. With scientists and thinkers like Lynn Margulis and Marcia Bjørnerud as guides and quoting from the proto-Sci-fi texts of J.H. Rosny, Deborah Stratman offers a stunning array of images, from microscopic forms to vast landscapes, and seeks a picture of evolution without humans at the center.”
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Here’s the synopsis: “Last Things looks at evolution and extinction from the perspective of the rocks and minerals that came before humanity and will outlast us. With scientists and thinkers like Lynn Margulis and Marcia Bjørnerud as guides and quoting from the proto-Sci-fi texts of J.H. Rosny, Deborah Stratman offers a stunning array of images, from microscopic forms to vast landscapes, and seeks a picture of evolution without humans at the center.”
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- 1/4/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Cinema Guild has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Deborah Stratman’s well-received latest Last Things, which premiered in the New Frontiers section at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
The film will open theatrically in New York at Anthology Film Archives on January 12 on a 35mm print before expanding across the country. The film’s broad synopsis reads: Last Things looks at evolution and extinction from the perspective of the rocks and minerals that came before humanity and will outlast us. With scientists and thinkers like Lynn Margulis and Marcia Bjørnerud as guides and quoting from the proto-Sci-fi texts of J.H. Rosny, Deborah Stratman offers a stunning array of images, from microscopic forms to vast landscapes, and seeks a picture of evolution without humans at the center.
After Sundance, Last Things went on to play Berlin and NYFF and picked up prizes at Dokufest Kosovo and Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival.
The film will open theatrically in New York at Anthology Film Archives on January 12 on a 35mm print before expanding across the country. The film’s broad synopsis reads: Last Things looks at evolution and extinction from the perspective of the rocks and minerals that came before humanity and will outlast us. With scientists and thinkers like Lynn Margulis and Marcia Bjørnerud as guides and quoting from the proto-Sci-fi texts of J.H. Rosny, Deborah Stratman offers a stunning array of images, from microscopic forms to vast landscapes, and seeks a picture of evolution without humans at the center.
After Sundance, Last Things went on to play Berlin and NYFF and picked up prizes at Dokufest Kosovo and Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival.
- 11/16/2023
- by Zac Ntim and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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