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  • Better the End (2017)
  • Short | 11 min | Short, Drama
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Better the End (2017)
Short | 11 min | Short, Drama
Better the End is the first in a series of shorts films to take place in the fictional city of Pimtaywah. By setting a series of stories in this fictional city we are able to see our own world differently and in the words of Darko Suvin, '...See moreBetter the End is the first in a series of shorts films to take place in the fictional city of Pimtaywah. By setting a series of stories in this fictional city we are able to see our own world differently and in the words of Darko Suvin, 'with sober, estranged eyes'. The film explores the alienation of the city's inhabitants from place and past. Beneath this is a subtext of apocalypse and the possibility of transcendence. We are met by qohelet, the author of Ecclesiastes as he reads from his ancient text, a text long considered dangerous for its pessimistic understanding of human endeavors. Yet the text feels at home in the setting of a modern city as we are confronted by two women whose lives belong to that city. Beneath all of this is a desire for hope and freedom from the vicissitudes of aimless time in the age of the city. See less
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Director
D.I. Riordan
Writer
D.I. Riordan (writer)
Producers
Conor McCarthy (producer) | D.I. Riordan (producer)
Cinematographer
Darius Dawson
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Updated Dec 23, 2017
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Dec 23, 2017 (United States)

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