The Future Is Now!
10
91 minutes
6/24/2011
Overview
A journalist meets “Man of Today” who, while a responsible citizen, is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead nothing more matters. As an experiment to see if she can turn his pessimistic view around, the journalist sends him on a journey of enlightenment to prove that the future does matter. Travelling the globe, he finds himself in surprising encounters with great minds in the arts and sciences. Starting with an unexpected poetry reading and conversation with experimental poet Christian Bök, Man of Today engages with architect Shigeru Ban, activist Francis Dupuis-Déri, philosopher Alain de Botton, artist Marlene Dumas, novelist Rivka Galchen, leading scientists and a ghost. Will the journalist succeed in turning a cynic into an optimist? Will it matter? What can one person do?
Cast List
Paul Ahmarani
as Man Of Today
Liane Balaban
as Woman Of Tomorrow
Alain de Botton
as The Philosopher
Shigeru Ban
as The Architect
Christian Bök
as The Poet
Marlene Dumas
as The Artist
Frances Dupuis-Déri
as The Anarchist
Rivka Galchen
as The Author
Richard Dawkins
as The Scientist
J. Craig Venter
as The Scientist
Jean-Paul Sartre
as The Existentialist
Dan Beirne
as Young Man
Elysa Chan
as Receptionist
Vanessa Matsui
as Grad Student Activist