Into Eternity (2010)
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100% of critics liked it
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Onkalo (Finnish for "hiding place") is under construction: it's a cavernous world of tunnels and corridors, a permanent storage facility for nuclear waste, meant to last 100,000 years (that's 20 times as long as the pyramids have so far). Conceptual artist Michael Madsen's film… More Onkalo (Finnish for "hiding place") is under construction: it's a cavernous world of tunnels and corridors, a permanent storage facility for nuclear waste, meant to last 100,000 years (that's 20 times as long as the pyramids have so far). Conceptual artist Michael Madsen's film is a creepy, eerily elegant meditation on human folly, punctuated by philosophical and historical references, that asks: how do you keep 3,000 future generations from inadvertently opening this Pandora's Box? Should markers be posted in every language or in hieroglyphics that say "keep out"? (Someone suggests Edvard Munch's "The Scream" might work nicely.) Would it be better not to post any notice and hope no one will chance upon it? And what about the Ice Age predicted to occur in a mere 60,000 years? Will the weight of the ice impact the structural integrity of Onkalo? If you thought the Gulf oil spill was scary... -- (C) Film Forum
- Directed By
- Michael Madsen (II)
- Written By
- Jesper Bergmann, Michael Madsen (II)
- Genres
- Documentary, Art House & International, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 2, 2011 Limited
- Studio
- International Film Circuit
Critic Reviews
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Tom Long, Detroit News
Into Eternity is a documentary that may look like a science fiction movie, but it ends up more of a horror film.
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David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
In a deceptively low-key manner, Danish filmmaker Michael Madsen has beautifully crafted one of the most provocative movies of the year.
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Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Directed by Danish filmmaker Michael Madsen with grace and deep curiosity, "Into Eternity" is better than timely.
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V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Into Eternity provides few solutions regarding the estimated 200,000 to 300,000 tons of N-waste lying around the world, but it does alert us to potentially devastating consequences. Will we heed the warning?
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Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
More like a troubling dream, or outtakes from an abandoned David Lynch project, than a conventional documentary.
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