The Film to Come

Overview

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

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 16, 1997

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France, Switzerland

Director

Raúl Ruiz

Writer

Raúl Ruiz

Producer

Silvia Voser

Cinematography

Jacques Bouquin

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1311035