AN APOLOGY

In my last post about Quest, I referenced a cosmic chess playing alien gorilla, but neglected to share a screenshot of this entity. This was wrong, and I can only apologise. 

SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING

 

Quest, d. Elaine & Saul Bass (USA, 1984)

On an arid alien planet there is a cave where people live their entire lives in only eight days (although the days do seem quite long and a lot happens in them). After a day of training, a gifted boy is sent out into the world to open a distant gate that will allow his people to emerge into the light and enjoy a more practical life span. Danger, adventure, lasers and a cosmic chess game with an angry gorilla ensue.

Written by Ray Bradbury, directed by the Basses, and made with all the care, attention, imagination and vision that both of those things entail, Quest may be the greatest sci fi short of all time. Actually, I'm going to call it: it is the greatest sci fi short of all time. Please don't write in, I am so unswayable on this I won't even move my eyes across your correspondence.