The Future Is Now! (2011)

Name: The Future Is Now!
Director: Gary Burns
Released: 2011-06-24
Rating: 10

Year 20111h 31m* 10/10

The Future Is Now! is a 2011 film directed by Gary Burns. It features Paul Ahmarani, Liane Balaban, Alain de Botton in lead roles. The film carries a runtime of 1h 31m. Audiences have rated it 10/10 across 1 votes. It does not currently have an official streaming source listed for India.

A journalist meets “Man of Today” who, while a responsible citizen, is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead nothing more matters. As an experiment to see if she can turn his pessimistic view around, the journalist sends him on a journey of enlightenment to prove that the future does matter. Travelling the globe, he finds himself in surprising encounters with great minds in the arts and sciences. Starting with an unexpected poetry reading and conversation with experimental poet Christian Bök, Man of Today engages with architect Shigeru Ban, activist Francis Dupuis-Déri, philosopher Alain de Botton, artist Marlene Dumas, novelist Rivka Galchen, leading scientists and a ghost. Will the journalist succeed in turning a cynic into an optimist? Will it matter? What can one person do?