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Anti-Clock

Released Sep 10, 1980 1h 37m Sci-Fi List
Tomatometer 0 Reviews 29% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Having been programmed to think within certain rigidly defined limits, a man of the future tries to free his mind.

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Audience Member Svår, för att inte säga kryptisk experimentfilm, där en tankeläsare utsätts för en rad experiment som omkullkastar tidigare uppfattningar om tid, minne, identitet, logik, fri vilja, rationellt tänkande etc. Eller nåt, jag ska inte påstå att jag hängde med hela tiden i denna film, som är både vag och gillar att sensoriskt överbelasta din hjärna. Ytligt sett finns det likheter med Godard och Marker på sina knepigaste humör, men jag kan ärligt säga att jag aldrig sett en liknande film. Var den "bra" då? Går inte riktigt att säga, filmen är både jobbig och fascinerande. På något sätt gillade jag den ändå. Regissören Jane Arden bidrar även med den fina musiken, som går i drömmigt och till-proggat Velvets/Psychic TV-stuk. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Various well known philosophies stung together incoherently does not a masterpiece make. It looks like a student undergrad art film project, and even if that were true, not from an A student. Sorry but it's just pretentious and bad. Why on earth its released on blu-ray is beyond me Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Another pretentious, imprenetrable, and actually pretty worthwhile lost gem of British avant-garde cinema recently dug up by BFI. A meditation on time and encroaching apocalypse through use of dodgy old video technology and even older TV clips, narrated over with a mesmeric relentlessness. I liked it. I liked it more than pretty much anything Derek Jarman ever produced. This is my first experience of Jane Arden's work, and I think I shall be exploring still further soon. See, I'm a sucker for genuinely nihistic films. This is that all right. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Having been programmed to think within certain rigidly defined limits, a man of the future tries to free his mind.
Director
Jane Arden
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 10, 1980, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
May 11, 2010
Runtime
1h 37m