CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1985
Chronos posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1985 0h 43m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

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Why this pick

Fricke expands Chronos’s wordless, time-lapse-driven contemplation into a globe-spanning visual symphony, balancing sacred landscapes, bustling cities, and human ritual with similarly meticulous framing.

Samsara poster 02

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Samsara

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Its dialogue-free flow of precisely composed images, accelerated motion, and meditative contrasts makes it a natural companion to Chronos, with an even more immersive digital visual scale.

Koyaanisqatsi poster 03

Movie / 1982 / Documentary

Koyaanisqatsi

Why this pick

Like Chronos, it uses time-lapse, slow motion, music, and montage rather than narration to turn the collision of natural environments and modern civilization into a hypnotic experience.

Powaqqatsi poster 04

Movie / 1988 / Documentary

Powaqqatsi

Why this pick

This lyrical, nonverbal successor to Koyaanisqatsi shares Chronos’s fascination with rhythms of labor, architecture, landscape, and collective human movement, shaped through evocative visual montage.

Naqoyqatsi poster 05

Movie / 2002 / Documentary / Drama / Thriller

Naqoyqatsi

Why this pick

For Chronos’s abstract meditation on civilization, this offers a more digitally altered, contemporary variation: image and score create an unsettling, contemplative portrait of technological speed.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.