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Things to Come
Things to Come
Director:
William Cameron MenziesGuión:
H.G. WellsMúsica:
Arthur BlissReparto:
Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke, Derrick De Marney, Ann Todd, Patricia Hilliard, Terry-Thomas, George Sanders (más)Streaming (1)
Sinopsis(1)
Desde 1940, momento en el que Europa entra en guerra, en la ciudad de Everytown los bombardeos, los movimientos de tropas y todo tipo de amenazas bélicas se han hecho cada vez más presentes. El conflicto se prolonga a lo largo de los años hasta que ya nadie recuerda las verdaderas razones de la batalla. La humanidad, entre tanta guerra, ha retrocedido a la Edad Media. En 1966 una plaga devastadora a la que nadie puede hacer frente se lleva la vida de casi toda la población mundial. En mitad de esta catástrofe aterriza una nave en Everytown y su piloto afirma que ha sido enviado por la organización “Comunicación Universal” para reconstruir la civilización. (Filmin)
(más)Reseñas (2)
A sci-fi drama, well-made for its time, in which both the political situation of the 1930s, which threatened war and the widely spread pacifist sentiment and technological optimism of that time are fully reflected. However, the film is brought down by its pathos and above all by its theatrical mannerism, with the main characters often slipping into mere declamation of slogans and noble truths. At certain moments, it would have been better suited to a large theater stage than a film camera. The most interesting and best part was the middle section, which dealt with a world destroyed by a world war. Despite limited financial and technical resources, this post-apocalyptic dystopia was portrayed more convincingly than many post-apocalyptic films of modern cinema. Overall impression: 55%.
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A somewhat unconventional sci-fi that will probably be quite difficult for the contemporary viewer to endure. First and foremost, it is because there are no main characters here, but simply people and ideas that they represent. Secondly, it is because there are quite extensive time jumps here, as the film covers an entire century. Nevertheless, H. G. Wells shows how visionary he was and how he was able to contemplate about the world.
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