CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1982
The State of Things posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1982 2h 5m NLD

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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The State of Things

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

A film crew in Portugal shoots a black-and-white science fiction film about the survivors on a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction Earth, titled ''The Survivors''. The shooting stops when the production runs out of film stock and money. In an abandoned hotel, the crew waits for money to arrive or a sign from vanished producer Gordon. As they grow restless and bored, the film depicts some of their philosophical thoughts and emotional reactions. Director Friedrich Munro finally sets off to find Gordon in Los Angeles who hides in a mobile home because of money he owes to the American Mafia.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Roger Corman

The Lawyer

Samuel Fuller

Joe

Patrick Bauchau

Patrick Bauchau

Friedrich Munro

Viva

Kate

Allen Garfield

Allen Garfield

Gordon

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Tram Passenger