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Things to Come (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells' Things to Come) is a 1936 British black-and-white science fiction film from United Artists, produced by Alexander Korda, directed by William Cameron Menzies, and written by H. G. Wells. The film stars Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke, Pearl Argyle, and Margaretta Scott.
The dialogue and plot are devised by H. G. Wells as "a new story" meant to display the "social and political forces and possibilities" that he had outlined in his 1933 story The Shape of Things to Come, a work he considered less a novel than a "discussion" in fictional form that presented itself as the notes of a 22nd-century diplomat. The film is also influenced by previous works, including his 1897 story "A Story of the Days to Come" and his 1931 work on society and economics, The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind; speculating on the future had been a stock-in-trade for Wells ever since The Time Machine (1895). The cultural historian Christopher Frayling has called Things to Come "a landmark in cinematic design."
http://www.thingstocome.com.au (c) PalaceFilms 2016 After Father Of My Children, Goodbye First Love and Eden, acclaimed writer/director Mia Hansen-Løve’s poignant new feature is a resonant and affecting portrait of a fifty-something woman who, after living comfortably for many years, must suddenly reinvent her life. Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris. She’s passionate about her work and particularly enjoys passing on the pleasure of thinking to the next generation. Married with two grownup children, she devotes her spare time to the books she publishes as a sideline, to former students who have become friends and, above all, to her very possessive mother (the great Édith Scob). But one day, Nathalie’s husband Heinz (André Marcon) announces he is lea...
This is a Powerful, yet spooky and somewhat cheesy science fiction film made in 1936, produced by Alexander Korda based on the H. G. Wells classic book & brought to the silver screen as a vision of what warfare will bring mankind in the century to follow. That is to say the century that has now gone. The story shows the destructive nature of war and how is will catapult us back to a state of barbarism, warlords, and another Black Deathesque plague called the "Wandering Sickness." However, because MAN clings to science, MAN will rise above all this and create a new, modern society free of warfare. (again?) The film does have a lot of historical inaccuracies to its "dis"credit, but much of what is preaches is scarily plausible, and much of it has become prophetic. The theme that man can pr...
Mark Kermode reviews Things To Come. A philosophy teacher attempts to battle through a number of upheavals in her life, including the death of her mother and losing her job. Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film – below. We love to include your views on the show every Friday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live Fridays at 2pm on BBC 5 live.
Things to Come (1936) is a British science fiction film produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies. The screenplay was written by H. G. Wells and is a loose adaptation of his own 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come and his 1931 non-fiction work, The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind. The film stars Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke, Pearl Argyle and Margaretta Scott. The cultural historian Christopher Frayling calls Things to Come "a landmark in cinematic design." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_to_Come
The Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band - Things To Come Recorded Live: 8/12/2007 - Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, RI More The Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault on YouTube: http://goo.gl/DUzpUF
Essentially Ellington 2015 Competition Tuscon Jazz Institute Saturday, May 9, 2015 Duke Ellington’s music is at the very heart of America’s 20th-century musical heritage and the core of the rich canon of jazz music. Jazz at Lincoln Center, committed to instilling a broader understanding of this music, created the Essentially Ellington program (EE) during the 1995–96 school year to make Ellington’s music accessible to as many high school musicians as possible and to support the development of their schools’ music programs. Learn more about Essentially Ellington: http://academy.jazz.org/ee/about/
French writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve (Eden, Goodbye First Love) directs the great Isabelle Huppert in this delicate and affecting tale about a middle-aged professor whose carefully structured life is thrown into disarray when her husband leaves her for another woman, and who finds an unlikely new companion in a former student and radical young communist. http://tiff.net/tiff http://tiff.net/films/things-to-come/
Trumpet battle between Jon Faddis and Wynton Marsalis. AMAZING trumpet playing.
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel. Director: William Cameron Menzies Writer: H.G. Wells (novel) Stars: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson
Spoilers in case you haven't had an opportunity to watch this film since 1936 :P This movie is available online for free all over the web. I recommend watching it before seeing this, but if you want to rewatch the ending or would just like to see it without watching the film, here it is. Stop arguing over nonsense, or at least help the rest of us find a way off of this God damned rock to get away from you.
Along the roads I've travelled on
I have never reached the end
Alone in life for centuries
Or so to me it seems
A love was lost some miles ago
But the word will take her place
I've looked perfection in the eyes
And our features were not the same
Ou your shoulders, resting on them
The stones of years has set
Now your learning, no un-turning
A selfless life to live
What has been and things to come
I thought mine eyes had seen it all
Salvation's sway has brought me here
And now I see it all clear
Turn to me with all your pain
And I'll show you love is real
Cast away the stone of years
And leave this past behind
Screams arise from the turmoil of the past
Night descend
Another day has gone and died
The time has come
For all of us to tell a friend
Father promises us shelter