Living in the Future's Past

February. 01,2018      
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Jeff Bridges, alongside prominent scientists and authors, weaves evolution, emergence, entropy, dark ecology, and what some are calling the end of nature, into a story that helps us understand our place among the species of Earth’s household.

Jeff Bridges as  Self / Narrator (voice)
Piers Sellers as  Self - NASA Astronaut & Research Scientist
Wesley Clark as  Self - General, US Army (ret.); Former NATO Supreme Allied Cmdr.
Oren R. Lyons as  Self - Dist Prof of American Studies, Onondaga Council of Chiefs
Timothy Morton as  Self - Philosopher & Author, 'Humankind'
Bob Inglis as  Self - Former Congressman (R), South Carolina
Ruth Gates as  Self - Marine Biologist; Dir. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Renée Lertzman as  Self - Author, ‘Environmental Melancholia’
Stephan Lewandowsky as  Self - Professor of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
Nate Hagens as  Self - Director, Instit. for the Study of Energy & Our Future

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Reviews

Lovesusti
2018/02/01

The Worst Film Ever

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BootDigest
2018/02/02

Such a frustrating disappointment

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Micitype
2018/02/03

Pretty Good

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Dirtylogy
2018/02/04

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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