AFI FEST 2009: A SINGLE MAN, THE SINGULARITY
Colin Firth, Julianne Moore in A Single Man (top); Steve Evets, Eric Cantona in Looking for Eric (bottom)
AFI FEST 2009 highlights on Thursday, Nov. 5:
Robert Barry Ptolemy’s The Singularity sounds fascinating: Futurist Ray Kurzweil discusses the just-around-the-corner impact of human technology, which has been growing exponentially. Imagine a world without death, hunger, disease. (Well, I’m assuming all those great things will happen if humans don’t self-destruct first. After all, all lab studies indicate that human imbecility is growing even faster than the species’ technological advances — talk about a scientific paradox; someone should come up with a documentary about that.)
Directed by Tom Ford, A Single Man stars Venice 2009 winner Colin Firth, who’ll quite likely receive an Oscar nod come [...]
by Andre Soares | November 4, 2009
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Tags: A Single Man, AFI FEST, AFI FEST 2009, Colin Firth, Eric Cantona, Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Ken Loach, Looking for Eric, Los Angeles Screenings, Petition, The Singularity, Tom Ford
