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About Endlessness

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ABOUT ENDLESSNESS is a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality. We wander, dreamlike, gently guided by our Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments take on the same significance as historical events: a couple floats over a war-torn Cologne; on the way to a birthday party, a father stops to tie his daughter's shoelaces in the pouring rain; teenage girls dance outside a cafe; a defeated army marches to a prisoner-of-war camp. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, ABOUT ENDLESSNESS presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.
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About Endlessness sees writer-director Roy Andersson surveying the human condition with equal parts striking clarity, tenderness, and deadpan existential wit.

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Christina Newland iNews.co.uk With its intertwined themes of love and death, loneliness and togetherness – its cry for common humanity – maybe it is for everyone, after all. Rated: 5/5 Sep 23, 2024 Full Review Christy Lemire FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) If you are in the mood for something kind of quiet and pensive that will move you in a subtle way, this is it. May 13, 2021 Full Review Josh Kupecki Austin Chronicle Funny, tragic, moving scenes unfold in Andersson's meticulously crafted frames. Rated: 4/5 May 6, 2021 Full Review Dan Sareen Vague Visages Andersson depicts fragments of humanity, stitched together with humour and relatability, and without a hint of loftiness or condescension. Sep 21, 2023 Full Review Ray Pride Newcity Minimalist melancholy... essential Andersson... Andersson’s despair is as heartening as deepest love. Flight is taken. Rated: 10/10 Dec 23, 2022 Full Review Cris Kennedy The Canberra Times (Australia) Andersson isn't saying there is balance, he's saying there are small moments of kindness and joy to cherish. Rated: 4/5 Aug 17, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Kyle M Looking at Roy Andersson’s directorial visionary, he seems to attempt neorealism when documenting the grasped human condition with narrative intentions waiting for us to grasp like visual poetry, with musically haunting backdrop added. Many of the presented polysemous, seemingly slice of life moments take surreal turns being vivid realistic according to a perspective, enticing engagement to mentally unfold the given layers based off of our own experiences. The applications are mostly tuned when the pacing doesn’t deter when the simplicity comes up empty. (B) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Dani G All the style and esthetics of Roy Andersson, with the minimum dialogue. A collection of moments and images that apparently have no connection, but do transmit a lot. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/11/23 Full Review David W About Endlessness is a visually compelling, vignette-based experimental art film. I would watch this again mostly to ascertain more meaning from its highly surreal and symbolic portrayal of seemingly unrelated stories united by only the film's setting and direction. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/24 Full Review Nick V I wanted to give this film a chance because of the rave reviews by critics. But this was awful. The fact that it wasn't a typical narrative film and just a series of vignettes didn't bother me. It's just that almost all of the vignettes are pointless. They elicit no emotion in the viewer except, "Why am I watching this?" To me it's just lazy filmmaking. I have no script, I have no dialogue, I have no story, so I'll just put images together to create "poignancy". But it doesn't work. There wasn't one scene that mattered to me. This film isn't beautiful or sad or memorable, it's just empty. And the historical scenes? Why are they even there? I never write reviews online, but I wanted to spare others from getting stuck watching this. I've probably seen thousands of films in my life, and this is one of the five worst films I have ever seen. It's pointless. Don't watch. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/30/22 Full Review Audience Member About Endlessness is definitely a strange experience. This is my first Roy Andersson film, and I’ve gotta say I’m mixed on his style. I appreciate the imagery and I thought the music was good as well. But the film felt dull and repetitive at parts. The film is only 78 minutes, but it feels much longer. The static camera and the vignettes that repeat the same themes over and over did nothing to make things exciting. However, I do see how people can get something out of this. I just didn’t. Overall, this wasn’t for me. It could be for you, but this just wasn’t my thing. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/21 Full Review Audience Member Wanted so much more from my first movie since COVID. Not worth having to wear a mask in a stuffy theater. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/30/21 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis ABOUT ENDLESSNESS is a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality. We wander, dreamlike, gently guided by our Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments take on the same significance as historical events: a couple floats over a war-torn Cologne; on the way to a birthday party, a father stops to tie his daughter's shoelaces in the pouring rain; teenage girls dance outside a cafe; a defeated army marches to a prisoner-of-war camp. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, ABOUT ENDLESSNESS presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.
Director
Roy Andersson
Producer
Johan Carlsson, Pernilla Sandstrom
Screenwriter
Roy Andersson
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Parisienne de Production, arte France Cinéma, Société Parisienne de Production, 4 1/2 Film, ZDF/Arte, Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB, Essential Filmproduktion GmbH, Film Capital Stockholm
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Original Language
Swedish
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 30, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 30, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$48.5K
Runtime
1h 16m
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