Things to Come
Things to Come • 1h 37m
Directed by William Cameron Menzies • 1936 • United Kingdom
Starring Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Cedrick Hardwicke
A landmark collaboration between writer H. G. Wells, producer Alexander Korda, and designer and director William Cameron Menzies, THINGS TO COME is a science fiction film like no other, a prescient political work that predicts a century of turmoil and progress. Skipping through time, THINGS TO COME bears witness to world war, disease, dictatorship, and, finally, utopia. Conceived, written, and overseen by Wells himself as an adaptation of his own work, this megabudget production, the most ambitious ever from Korda’s London Films, is a triumph of imagination and technical audacity.
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THINGS TO COME Commentary
This audio commentary, recorded in 2013, features film historian David Kalat.
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Christopher Frayling on the Design of...
In this interview, conducted in 2013, writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling discusses the groundbreaking design of THINGS TO COME.
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Bruce Eder on the Score to THINGS TO ...
In this visual essay, produced in 2013, film historian Bruce Eder discusses Arthur Bliss’s musical score for THINGS TO COME.
