Futuristic Movies On Trend And Available At The Warsaw Library
By MISSY CHAPMAN
Cataloging Supervisor, Warsaw Community Public Library
Do you enjoy a good movie set in the distant future? Warsaw Community Public Library has two films you might enjoy.
The first film is from 2011 called “In Time.” In a future where time is literally money, humans have been genetically engineered to never age beyond 25, but there’s a catch, to live beyond 25, more time needs to be acquired to stay alive. The poor watch their time run out as they work in grimy, gray factories in the ghetto. The rich lazily lounge in opulent splendor, squandering resources that could be put to good use. Interestingly the plot coincides with the current political argument that the 1 percent becomes richer while everyone else becomes poorer. Like almost all economic systems, the wealth becomes concentrated in the hands of a few and the rest live minute to minute.
Justin Timberlake plays Will, a factory worker who saves the life of Henry (Matt Bomer), a rich man, who has an abundance of time. Because he is tired of living, Henry gives Will his 100 years so he can end his life. He does this while Will sleeps. Now that Will has an abundance of time, he becomes a “Rolex Robin Hood” and sets out to try redistributing hours, minutes and seconds to the needy.
I found this film to be outstanding, a great metaphor for what is currently happening in the world today. The moral of this story? We as humans should enjoy every second of our lives and never hold back because life can be taken away from you at anytime.
The second film is from 2013 called “Snowpiercer.” Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth, which has become a frozen wasteland, humanity’s few survivors are packed into a perpetually moving train designed and conducted by Wilford, a mysterious person who has a godlike status. During their time on the train, society has solidified into a rigid class system that is separated by the different cars on the train. An uprising occurs which is lead by Curtis (Chris Evans), in a quest to reach the train’s front.
“Snowpiercer” is also a metaphoric film. It is mostly exaggerated to tell a story about class structure, and the deluded notion that the human race is predictable, and as such controllable. If you have an interest in watching either film head on in to the Warsaw Community Public Library.