Last Words Looks Kind of Like a Post-Apocalyptic Cinema Paradiso

There are individuals who assume it’s foolish to dedicate your life to films. Movies are frivolous. Fleeting. Unimportant. To that, author director Jonathan Nossiter says, these may be your well-known Last Words.

That’s the title of a brand new movie that stars Nick Nolte, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling. It’s set in 2085, after tsumanis have decimated many of the world leaving solely a treasured few individuals alive. Among them is Kal, performed by newcomer Kalipha Touray. He thinks he’s the final individual on Earth however as he comes to fulfill a bunch of individuals very in contrast to himself, he discovers not simply humanity… however cinema. Check out the trailer for Last Words, which seems to be sort of like a post-apocalyptic Cinema Paradiso.

Things begin somewhat bleak in that trailer however as you’ll be able to see, Kal begins to find out about how footage, and particularly movement footage, can seize historical past and protect historical past. What occurs from there, effectively, that’s why you pay to see the film. But this trailer actually seems to be like a mix of post-apocalyptic drama with a really distinctive story in regards to the appreciation, and preservation, of movie. And, in case you step again from that, it additionally feels just like the sort of film that will clarify why films will be so necessary. They’re not simply leisure, they’re not simply artwork, they’re ceaselessly snapshots of our wildest goals and harshest realities.

Plus, I imply, come on. You can’t go mistaken with a number of Oscar and Emmy nominees like Nolte, Skarsgård and Rampling. They’re a few of our greatest actors however occur to be at that age the place possibly they don’t get as many alternatives as some others. So it’s fairly glorious to see them in something, not to mention one thing cool and distinctive like Last Words.

Last Words will probably be launched in theaters and on demand on December 17. What do you consider the trailer? Will you be searching for this one out?

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