
THOSE WHO DO NOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT
THOSE WHO DO NOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT
Edwin Lo
Hong Kong
2020
Film
Short
Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Doomed to Repeat It (2020) is an experimental documentary that investigates the intersection of the People’s Temple (Jonestown) with the first-person horror game Outlast 2, developed by Red Barrel. Starting as a digital study of the game, this project attempts to recontextualize the relationship between the 1978 mass suicide at the People’s Temple and the game’s narrative. Composed of FBI archival footage and machinima made with the game, this work conveys a mysterious audio and visual journey into the understanding of self-destruction, religious utopia, and the binary between capitalism and socialism.
general information
edition
4th ECRÃ Festival
venues
online
duration in min
27
date and time
20-30 August
premiere
World Premiere, 4th ECRÃ Festival
indicative classification
16 years old
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tags
Documentário
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