Artur, old and small, stands in the empty theater. Every seat is vacant. But the screen glows. On it: a loop of every person he ever loved—walking, laughing, turning away, turning back. No sound. No subtitles. Just faces.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the future by ten years. 2020 saw the release of Tenet (a film about time inversion that few understood) in empty theaters. Simultaneously, Warner Bros. dumped their entire 2021 slate onto HBO Max. filme xxi
Filme XXI is not a genre. It is a survival guide for the eyes. Artur, old and small, stands in the empty theater