Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles

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Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles

2011

1h 26m

Documentary

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A man tries to piece together cryptic messages left on tiles on streets across the U.S. and South America.

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Pieces together an irresistible puzzle.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 15, 2011

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Jennie Punter

Globe and Mail

Fascinating, accomplished and surprisingly emotional.

Rated: 4/4

Sep 23, 2011

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Radheyan Simonpillai

NOW Toronto

Who's the street artist behind these tiles? More importantly, who cares?

Rated: 2/5

Sep 23, 2011

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

...a skillful yet fairly ordinary festival film that tells a moderately intriguing story ...

Rated: 6/10

Jan 25, 2012

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Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

If you know nothing about the tiles, the film might play like an urban mini-thriller. It's never entirely satisfying, however, and the filmmakers seem to run out of steam before their story is told.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 23, 2011

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Cynthia Fuchs

PopPolitics.com

Resurrect Dead is a consideration of how the material world can intersect with imagined worlds.

Sep 8, 2011

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what a peculiar and sorta darkly jovial journey. it's been called one of the most creepy docs, but really it's a sort of charming and twisted expose of outcast human nature

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Resurrect Dead is not a bad documentary, but it is underwhelming relative to many of the reviews posted. I was expecting something more entertaining in an X-Files way with more effort put into trying to understand what do these weird signs mean. If it were done that way then that would build more suspense as to who it is and what is their purpose. As it is, the documentary is alright but more for a look into the investigative process of a few amateur sleuths. Really more of a reality TV show than a film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Intriguing subject matter.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

A good documentary about a 80's early mystery

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

Very underrated documentary

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Fascinating doc on a fascinating mystery!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Colin Smith

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Colin Smith

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Doug Block

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Synopsis

A man tries to piece together cryptic messages left on tiles on streets across the U.S. and South America.

Director: Jon Foy
Producer: Jon Foy, Colin Smith
Screenwriter: Jon Foy, Colin Smith
Production Co: Land of Missing Parts Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 26, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.9K
Runtime: 1h 26m

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