2073 (film)
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| Screenplay by | Asif Kapadia Tony Grisoni |
| Based on | La Jetée by Chris Marker |
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| Cinematography | Bradford Young |
| Edited by | Chris King |
| Music by | Antonio Pinto |
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| Distributed by | Neon |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
2073 is a 2024 British documentary film directed by Asif Kapadia. Set in a dystopian future, this genre-bending film is inspired by Chris Marker’s iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée. It follows a time traveler, who risks his life to change the course of history and save the future of humanity.[1]
The documentary premiered out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2024.[2][3]
Premise
[edit]Through a genre-bending documentary film, Kapadia tackles the biggest challenge putting our future at risk: the present.
Cast
[edit]- Samantha Morton[4]
- Naomi Ackie
- Hector Hewer
- Maria Ressa
- Carole Cadwalladr
- Rana Ayyub Ben Rhodes
- Rahima Mahmut
- Silkie Carlo
- Cori Crider
- George Monbiot
- Nina Schick
- Chris Smalls
- Douglass Rushkof
- Carmody Grey
- Tristan Harris
- James O’Brien
- Anne Applebaum
- Antony Lowenstein
Production
[edit]In September 2022, it was reported that Neon, Double Agent, and Film4 will co-finance and act as executive producer of the film with Kapadia and George Chignell producing it. Whereas Davis Guggenheim, Nicole Stott, and Jonathan Silberberg acting as executive producers for Concordia Studio alongside Riz Ahmed's Left Handed Films.[5][6]
Release
[edit]2073 had its world premiere as part of the 'Out of Competition – Non-Fiction' at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.[7] It was first screened on 3 September 2024 at Sala Grande.[8] It will also be presented in 'Strands: Debate' section of the 2024 BFI London Film Festival on 16 October 2024.[9]
Reception
[edit]On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes website, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10.[10]
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film with 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "2073 is certainly a relevant shout of rage against the authoritarian forces despoiling our democracy and our environment -- and the bland and complaisant naivety that’s letting it happen."[11]
Lee Marshall reviewing for ScreenDaily giving positive review wrote, "Does the alternation between documentary inserts and sci-fi superstructure work? Not always... But Kapadia and his co-scribe Tony Grisoni seem to understand that the pummelled audience can take only so much cinematic doomscrolling."[12]
Matthew Carey for Deadline giving positive review wrote, "There’s a disturbing plausibility to director Asif Kapadia’s docudrama 2073". He concluded the review with quote from film, "This is not fiction. This is not documentary. This is a warning."[13]
Robbie Collin for The Daily Telegraph rated the film with 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The conceit of a film as a warning from the future is a promising one, but 2073 feels more like political signalling for the present."[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Etan Vlessing (12 September 2022). "'Amy' Director Asif Kapadia Set to Helm '2073' Documentary Thriller". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Biennale Cinema 2024 | Out of Competition". La Biennale di Venezia. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ De Marco, Camillo (23 July 2024). "Venice selects 21 films to compete for the Golden Lion". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Biennale Cinema 2024 | 2073". La Biennale di Venezia. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Manori Ravindran (12 September 2022). "Neon, Double Agent, Film4 Team for Asif Kapadia Documentary Thriller '2073'". Variety. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Kay, Jeremy (12 September 2022). "Neon, Double Agent, Film4 partnering on upcoming Asif Kapadia doc '2073'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (23 July 2024). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: 'Joker: Folie A Deux', Almodovar, Guadagnino, Kurzel, Larrain & More In Competition – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "2073 at Biennale Cinema 2024 | Out of Competition". La Biennale di Venezia. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (4 September 2024). "BFI London Film Festival Lineup: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin To Debut 'Endurance', Baker, Heller, Berger & Abbasi's Trump Movie Among Headline Galas — Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "2073 (2024, Documentary)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (3 September 2024). "2073 review – Asif Kapadia rages against the death of democracy and our planet". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ Marshall, Lee (3 September 2024). "'2073': Venice Review". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ Carey, Matthew (3 September 2024). "2073 Review: Director Asif Kapadia's Dystopian Portrait Of The Future Feels All Too Real – Venice Film Festival". Deadline. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Collin, Robbie (3 September 2024). "2073: the apocalypse is now, in Asif Kapadia's oddball dystopian 'documentary'". Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- 2073 at IMDb
- 2073 at Rotten Tomatoes
