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Cast

Rupert Everett

Rupert Everett

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

Aiden Shaw

Aiden Shaw

Julia Fodo

Julia Fodo

Aiden Brady

Aiden Brady

Mark Lawrence

Mark Lawrence

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John Maybury

John Maybury

Director

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Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

19941.0 / 1061 min
Drama, Music

Overview

Remembrance of Things Fast represents the culmination of Maybury's work in video, which has developed alongside the technology itself. Starring Tilda Swinton and Rupert Everett in lead roles, the tape confronts the conventions of world television and satellite broadcast, drawing on the fragmentary nature of the medium and the cliches of the three minute attention span. At the same time, it replaces bland mainstream images with darker, more satirical observations and studies. The environment is surreal, a virtual reality television land of landscapes and imaginary cities, enhanced by Marvin Black's dark, dense soundtrack. It is a cyberspace where the impossible is all too possible. Within this parallel world, a series of archetypes act, observe and comment, informed by a strong sexual sensibility. '..a mesmerising, sometimes hysterically funny, cinematic bricolage with a strong sexual and mostly gay sensibility'. - Cordelia Swann