"There's no film this year like . Bi Gan's monumental new sci-fi epic is a centuries-spanning saga told in six chapters, charting the history of cinema, and the way that it has interacted with and impacted humanity over the course of its existence. There's a plot - involving a far-fetched sci-fi premise and the hunt for the last man who still dreams - but really, Resurrection is about the interplay between art and emotion, and the sheer breadth of human imagination."
"This is not an easy film to pin down or explain. Truly, every frame feels like it needs to be seen to be believed. If this review can convince you in some way to see Resurrection, then I've done my part. Bi Gan has achieved something here that is worth experiencing -- a feat of cinematic artistry. In the far, far future, humans have achieved immortality."
"But the way they have done so is by sacrificing their ability to dream. The few remaining people with the ability to dream are called "Deliriants," and are hunted down and slaughtered out of mercy by individuals called "The Other Ones." Because what poor souls would still want to dream? One such Deliriant (Jackson Yee) has taken refuge in the past. But living so long in the dreamworld has mutated him and turned him monstrous."
Resurrection unfolds across six chapters spanning centuries and functions as a love letter to different film decades while tracing cinema's impact on humanity. In a far future where immortality was achieved by sacrificing dreaming, gifted dreamers called Deliriants are hunted and killed by The Other Ones. One Deliriant, mutated by prolonged dreaming, hides in the past; Miss Shu, an Other One, installs a film projector inside him so he can experience cinematic dreams before a merciful death. The chapters reproduce distinct cinematic styles — silent-era palettes, 1930s spy thrills, and haunted-temple atmospherics — to investigate art, emotion, memory, and imagination.
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