Year: 2009
Directors: Pater Sparrow
Writers: Stanislaw Lem / Judit Góczán / Pater Sparrow
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Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 6 out of 10
[Editor's note: for some counter arguments you can read Rick's review]
Based on a short story by Stanislaw Lem, 1 is a loose reworking of the Pandora's Box myth, dangerous knowledge unleashed through curiosity only to overpower the world. It's a grand sweep of an idea that should make an exciting and cerebral film. Unfortunately 1 falls foul of some problems common of short story adaptations, while there are questions about the central subject matter too.
Pandora's Box is in this case a book, simply entitled 1, copies of which have overnight replaced the entire stock of a famous rare bookshop. It's a puzzling event that the bookshop owner and his assistant Maya are confounded by, while a mute employee and an eccentric elderly customer emerge as possible suspects. The police are called and a gruff detective takes over the case, imprisoning...
Directors: Pater Sparrow
Writers: Stanislaw Lem / Judit Góczán / Pater Sparrow
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 6 out of 10
[Editor's note: for some counter arguments you can read Rick's review]
Based on a short story by Stanislaw Lem, 1 is a loose reworking of the Pandora's Box myth, dangerous knowledge unleashed through curiosity only to overpower the world. It's a grand sweep of an idea that should make an exciting and cerebral film. Unfortunately 1 falls foul of some problems common of short story adaptations, while there are questions about the central subject matter too.
Pandora's Box is in this case a book, simply entitled 1, copies of which have overnight replaced the entire stock of a famous rare bookshop. It's a puzzling event that the bookshop owner and his assistant Maya are confounded by, while a mute employee and an eccentric elderly customer emerge as possible suspects. The police are called and a gruff detective takes over the case, imprisoning...
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