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8/15/2000
Last Night
Are you kidding me, this movie is absolutely
brilliant.
It was written and directed by Don McKellar, best
known for Exotica and The Red Violin. This movie
covers the last 6 hours leading up to the end of the
world.
It stars McKellar as a grief stricken loner who
ironically would welcome the end of the world if he
wasn't busy pining for his recently deceased wife.
Sandra Oh (Double Happiness and Arli$$) stars as a
desperate wife trying to get home to share the end of
time with her husband. David Cronenberg is her
husband who somehow drew the short straw and gets to
call customers of the gas company to let them know
that the gas will be flowing up to the very end.
Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley (GO and eXistenZ),
and Geneviève Bujold (Coma and Dead Ringers) also co-star
as the cast of characters' demises all intersect and
point towards the same inevitable conclusion.
McKellar plays Patrick, who begins the end of time by
having Christmas dinner at his parents house, even
though its nowhere near Christmas. His family doesn't
understand his decision to spend the last moment of
his life alone.
Oh, who is rapidly becoming one of the most watchable
actors going, is on her way home to spend eternity
with her husband when her car is destroyed by a
marauding horde. Despondent and desperate, she tries
to find a way home. On the verge of giving up she
meets up with Patrick, who although he wants to be
left alone can't keep himself from helping her.
It is interesting to see how this movie depicts
society's reaction to impending doom. Unlike some
creation of Hollywood, its not all out anarchy. There
is the segment of the population that is out to
fulfill their basest desires, but for the most part
people are more interested in celebrating their lives
peacefully and with dignity.
The movie never really says how the world is ending,
but it obviously has something to do with the sun as
even at midnight there is still sunlight.
But that is hardly the point. This is an apocalyptic
movie designed to make you think and care instead of lobotomizing you with special effects, explosions and
absolutely no redeeming values.
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