Three miles below the earth, the people of Finland are constructing an enormous tomb to lay to rest their share of humans’ 300,000 tons of nuclear waste. To avoid disaster, it must remain untouched for at least 100,000 years. In this poetic, hauntingly beautiful, and thought-provoking doc, Danish filmmaker Michael Madsen ponders how to warn future civilizations that the buried treasure of our nuclear era—unlike the pyramids and great tombs of pharaohs—must never, ever be discovered. —Tribeca Film Festival
As 'Into Eternity' points out, it would be rather sad if the longest lasting remnant of our civilization would be a warning sign for a lethal garbage dump... Read my full review: http://www.brnrd.net/blog/archive/2011/01/19/into-eternity
Upon second viewing, I'm inclined to believe comparing it with the works of Herzog actually does not do Mr. Blonde justice (Haxan, perhaps). "Poetic," "hauntingly beautiful," "thought-provoking,"...none of these descriptions capture its essence. It is as if the realm of myth is unfolding in present time. This is a film that deserves to be preserved into eternity.
"What happens when even the most experienced and investigative critics are confronted with films that bring them out of their 'comfort
Let's do this one backwards. Let's start with suggestions for further reading. The suggestions come from Daniel Kasman, and one of the implications
