ENDLESSNESS

The Endless, d. Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead (2017)

In 2012, film makers and actors Benson and Moorhead wrote and directed Resolution, a strange genre bending film about monsters and drug addiction. The characters and their situation reoccur in The Endless, but as incidental (but important) detail. Given both film’s obsession with repetition and time loops, is it reasonable to expect more sequels, all based around the specific experiences of the individual players in the wider cosmic drama taking place? Because, you know, that would be AWESOME. 

Film is a very arbitrary thing: it places some characters in prominent places and others in the background. Some never even speak, let alone get to tell their stories. The idea that, ultimately, within a relatively small cinematic / dramatic environment, every character will get the opportunity be the star of their own life is an exciting one, and perfectly in keeping with the film makers bizarre world, in which timelines overlap and intersect as well as being sheared off into tight little capsules of endless repetition. 

The concept within a single film isn’t new (Je T’aime, Je T’aime and Source Code immediately come to mind without thinking very hard at all), but the scope and ambition of it may well be. I hope they keep going, not in order to answer any questions, but just to keep on adding to the mystery.