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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 09/23/2024
5/5
With its intertwined themes of love and death, loneliness and togetherness – its cry for common humanity – maybe it is for everyone, after all. Go to Full Review
Christy Lemire FilmWeek (LAist) 05/13/2021
If you are in the mood for something kind of quiet and pensive that will move you in a subtle way, this is it. Go to Full Review
Josh Kupecki Austin Chronicle 05/06/2021
4/5
Funny, tragic, moving scenes unfold in Andersson's meticulously crafted frames. Go to Full Review
Dan Sareen Vague Visages 09/21/2023
Andersson depicts fragments of humanity, stitched together with humour and relatability, and without a hint of loftiness or condescension. Go to Full Review
Ray Pride Newcity 12/23/2022
10/10
Minimalist melancholy... essential Andersson... Andersson’s despair is as heartening as deepest love. Flight is taken. Go to Full Review
Cris Kennedy The Canberra Times (Australia) 08/17/2022
4/5
Andersson isn't saying there is balance, he's saying there are small moments of kindness and joy to cherish. Go to Full Review
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Stan D May 23 I thought the book was much better. See more Kyle M 09/10/2024 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) See more Dani G 12/11/2023 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. See more David W 09/29/2023 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. See more Nick V @NickV1 11/30/2022 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. See more 05/13/2021 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. See more 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
Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB, Société Parisienne de Production, Film Capital Stockholm, arte France Cinéma, Parisienne de Production, Essential Filmproduktion GmbH, ZDF/Arte, 4 1/2 Film
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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