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    END-TIME - The Last Man HD Colour Video and B&W 16mm Digital Transfer, 33 mins Soundtrack written and performed by Kurtz Cinematography by Nick Rutter Sound Design by Pete Morrow END-TIME - The Last Man is a film that questions concept of ‘Apocalypse’ and how it is manifested in contemporary culture. The film takes the form of an essay-talking heads documentary and investigates the relationship between contemporary socio-political events and cultural anxieties and how they reflect and inform current and past cultural practices concerned with an apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic subject matter. The film also addresses how dystopian spaces are represented and if they can alternatively be conceived of as a utopian critique on past, present and future societies. 
The film examines apocalyptic themes arising from utopian literature, Blockbuster Hollywood movies, the work of John Martin and a number of current sociopolitical events in the western world such as the Occupy movement, Banking crisis and American fundamentalist religion. The film features interviews with Will Self (Writer), Matthew Beaumont (Head of English at UCL) and Martin Myrone (Tate Curator) to hypothesise on the true contextual meaning of Apocalypse and briefly explore the eschatological motif of The Last Man. Films Featured (In Chronological Order): Metropolis – Fritz Lang (1927) Things to Come - William Cameron Menzies (1936) The Day the Earth Stood Still - Robert Wise (1951) The War of the Worlds - Byron Haskin (1953) The Day the Earth Caught Fire – Val Guest (1961) The Day of the Triffids - Steve Sekely (1962) La Jetée - Chris Marker (1962) The Last Man on Earth - Ubaldo Ragona (1964) Fahrenheit 451 - François Truffaut (1966) The War Game – Peter Watkins (1967) Planet of the Apes - Franklin J. Schaffner (1968) The Bed Sitting Room - Richard Lester (1969) The Towering Inferno - John Guillermin (1974) Heart of Glass – Werner Herzog (1976) Stalker - Andrey Tarkovskiy (1979) The Day After - Nicholas Meyer (1983) Threads - Mick Jackson (1984) The Quiet Earth - Geoff Murphy (1985) The Sacrifice - Andrey Tarkovskiy (1986) When the Wind Blows - Jimmy T. Murakami (1986) Terminator 2 Judgement Day - James Cameron (1991) Naked – Mike Leigh (1993) Independence Day - Roland Emmerich (1996) 28 Days Later – Danny Boyle (2002) Time of the Wolf – Michael Haneke (2003) The Day After Tomorrow - Roland Emmerich (2004) Children of Men – Alfonso Cuarón (2006) 2012 - Roland Emmerich (2009) The Road - John Hillcoat (2009) Melancholia – Lars Von Trier (2011) Oblivion - Joseph Kosinski (2013) Paintings Featured (In Chronological Order): Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris – Richard Wilson – (exhibited 1774) Abbey among Oak Trees - Caspar David Friedrich – (1809) Wanderer above the Sea of Fog – Caspar David Friedrich – (1818) Soane's Bank of England as a Ruin - Joseph Gandy – (1830) The Thames above Waterloo Bridge – J.M.W. Turner – (1830-5) The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 - J.M.W. Turner – (exhibited 1835) The Last Man - John Martin – (1849) The Last Man - After Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 1851) From Campbell's Poetical Works The Plains of Heaven – John Martin – (1851-3) The Great Day of His Wrath – John Martin – (1851-3) The Last Judgement – John Martin – (1853) Thanks to: MMT Telecine, PresTech Film Laboratories, Widescreen Centre, Dazed and Confused Magazine, Converse, Freire Barnes, Lou Taylor, Perce Jerrom, George Taylor, Sam Austen, Emma Charles, Will Cummock, Richard Butler, Sarah Barrow, Hannah Patching, Bill and Ben, YouTube, Google, Will Self, Matthew Beaumont and Martin Myrone.
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