ドロステのはてで僕ら
- by 上田誠, directed by 山口淳太
- Feature Film
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- ドロステのはてで僕ら by 上田誠, directed by 山口淳太 (at limited theaters, Japan, 5 June 2020).
For the first sixty minutes, a perfect static timeline seemed to be emerging from Kato’s video stream from two minutes in the future. We might even get some philosophical commentary on free will! Alas, that was not to be as the final ten minutes presented a more commonplace ending, although the single-take nagamawashi was executed with perfection and garnered this fun film an Eloi Medal.
P.S. Don’t skip the end-credits!
P.S. Don’t skip the end-credits!
—Michael Main
Tags
(14)
- Time Periods
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: presumed time period of the shop
- Unspecified Future Year: time of the Time and Space Bureau
- Timeline Models
- Foretold or Seen Future Is Not Set in Stone: For the first sixty minutes, a single, static timeline seemed to be in the cards, but that went off the rails in the final ten minutes of the film.
- Leaky Timelines: The agents from the future disappear in a classic stroke of narrative time.
- Viewing the Future
- Time Travel Methods
- N-Second/Minute Time Machine: The time delay is about two minutes.
- Unexplained Time Travel Methods: The travel of the time cops is unexplained.
- Themes
- Butterfly Effect: briefly mentioned
- Ex Nihilo Knowledge: The set-up results in multiple examples of ex nihilo knowledge, beginning with the location of Kato’s guitar pick.
- Get Rich Quick through Time Travel: A clever ex nihilo scheme to get rich quick.
- Letters, Texts, Phone Calls, Talking, and Other Direct Communications through Time
- Never Change the Past!: The agents make it clear that they are worried about even small changes messing up their future.
- Time Chain: A gossip chain is briefly mentioned.
- Time Corps: The Bureau of Space and Time