Full
Unemployment Cinema Present
Sunday 27
October, 2013
7.30pm | Free | The Common House
In Time
Directed
by Andrew Niccol, 2011, (109 min)
+Short(s)
In
Time is a dystopian science fiction action film starring
Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake. The film, written, directed
and produced by Andrew Niccol, was released on October 28, 2011.
It is the year 2169 and humanity had
been genetically engineered to be born with a digital clock, bearing
1 year of time, on their forearm. At the age of 25 a person stops
aging, but their clock begins counting down; when it reaches zero,
that person ‘times out’ and dies. Time has been turned into the
universal currency; one can give time for products or services, as
well as transfer it to others. The country is divided into time zones
based on the wealth of its population. The film focuses on two time
zones: Dayton is poor, with a populace that has learned indifference
to the timed-out bodies on its streets; and New Greenwich, the
wealthiest zone where inhabitants enjoy the benefits of their
immortality and wealth, but are constantly surrounded by bodyguards
and spend their time worried about accidental death.
Text
‘Bitcoin, Finally Fair
Money?’
Moishe Postone, Time, Labour, Social Domination
The Common House
Unit 5E,
5 Pundersons Gardens
Bethnal Green
London E2 9QG
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