Good suggestions. 12 Monkeys is also a good depiction of time travel in a block universe--and for a comedy take, the Bill & Ted movies fit together perfectly with block time as well! (as long as you take for granted that the historical figures they bring along never spoke publicly about their trips through time, and that the character who's trying to change history in the second one is just ignorant of how time travel really works)
One that also might be of interest is a science fiction movie called "Mr. Nobody" that seems to blend together a number of ideas discussed on this list--the multiverse, the Gold universe where the arrow of time reverses when the universe contracts, and perhaps also the idea of reality as a simulation (the ending is kind of ambiguous). Of course there have also been a number of movies which revolve around the reality-as-simulation idea (The Matrix, The 13th Floor, eXistenZ) but one of the most interesting ones in terms of the ideas it plays around with is "World on a Wire" from 1973, made for German TV by the director Werner Fassbinder. Jesse On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 1:14 AM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: > One I've mentioned ad nauseum - "Memento". > > There is also "The Prestige", which I would definitely recommend. > > To avoid spoilers, I won't go into detail about why these films might > appeal, but they both address issues mentioned on this list (at least > tangentially, and in a fictional manner). > > I might also mention "Chronocrimes" for its portrayal of a block univese. > > Sadly no one seems to have filmed "October the First is Too Late" although > the 10-episode epic "Doctor Who" story "The War Games" comes close in some > respects. In fact I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Who story was > inspired by Hoyle's novel, which I think appeared about 3 years beforehand > if I remember correctly. I would semi-recommend this (but you have to > remember that it was made in black and white, for viewing as a weekly > serial in 1969...) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
