Before We Vanish
55th New York Film Festival
September 29 - October 15, 2017
An advance crew of three aliens journey to Earth in preparation for a complete takeover of the planet in the latest from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a throwback to 1980s sci-fi and a disturbing parable for our present moment.
The latest from master of art-horror Kiyoshi Kurosawa is perhaps his most mainstream film yet, a throwback to 1980s sci-fi. An advance crew of three aliens journey to Earth in preparation for a complete takeover of the planet. They snatch not only bodies but memories, beliefs, values—everything that defines their conquests as human—leaving only hollow shells, which are all but unrecognizable to their loved ones. This disturbing parable for our present moment, replete with stunning images—including a drone attack—is also a profoundly mystical affirmation of love as the only form of resistance and salvation. A NEON release.
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