More than 92 years of waiting. In 2015, Robert Rodriguez was shooting a short film 100 Years: The Movie You’ll Never SeeOrdered by the French cognac brand Louis XIII. Story ? Three visions of the future featuring a star-studded bottle of alcohol label, exactly century brandy and John Malkovich. concept? Keep the film out of sight so it can be seen… a hundred years from now!
“The central concept of the project was to imagine what the world would be like in a hundred years”explain in the making Actor, as well as screenwriter of the project. He has the opportunity to immerse himself in three different futuristic worlds: an ultra-technological world, a world where nature has regained its rights, and a nostalgic world that evokes Blade Runner.
“I’ve got my tickets. I got these metal theater tickets to the premiere of my movie so my descendants can go there!” explained to us Robert Rodriguez Last May on the Croisette, where he presented the thriller Hypnotic in a midnight session.
“100 Years is my best film, but you’ll never see it! It’s great and it’s sad. We shot the film and it was put in the basement. I might have a pre-edit somewhere, but I don’t. Have the final copy. But I won’t show it to anyone anyway, because I think it’s great that No one can see!”
At least until the fateful date of November 18, 2115, when a safe containing film on film and a bottle of precious liquor (slightly consumed) will reveal the work. “I finished the film and they told me that they liked it very much. And that no one would see it. I said: Really no one? No, no one. We’ll lock it up and put it in a shelter. So they take it very seriously.”.
A few images reveal the project in the teasers above. The rest will be good for future generations to discover 100 Years: The Movie You’ll Never. And through it, perhaps, the art of cinema, which has potentially disappeared. And actors who will be forgotten. “My name is John”thus beginning humbly John Malkovich while receiving.
I’m waiting for that distant future Robert Rodriguez presents his new feature film, hypnoticBetween a mental thriller and a Hitchcock homage. He is pitted against Ben Affleck and Ali Braga’s terrifying and mysterious character (William Fichtner) who can influence minds and shape his perception of reality the way he wants. Among the director’s other projects: the reboot of Spy Kids, a TV series about Zorro, and It’s us, the heroes 2, a sequel to the Netflix family film.
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