Plot
A documentary film about Erkki Kurenniemi (b. 1941), whose career represents a surprisingly naturalblend of music, film, computers, robotics, science and art. His project of collecting everythingaround him will perhaps be the most significant of all his works. Kurenniemi records his thoughts,observations, objects and images constantly, with manic precision, with the ultimate goal of mergingman and machine - reconstructing the human soul. Kurenniemi's story is a fascinating and forcefuldepiction of a forgotten visionary; it is significant because of the cultural history of the unique,never- before-seen archive material alone. The documentary includes footage of the uniqueDIMI-instruments developed by Kurenniemi, and segments from unfinished experimental short films fromthe 1960s. The Future is not what it used to be is a film about the 1960s avant-garde in music andfilm, the early history of microcomputers and the open questions of 21st century science.Audio commentary by Mika Taanila and Erkki Kurenniemi.
Written by
Mika Taanila
Directed by
Mika Taanila
Crew
Production Countries
Finland
Production Companies
Kinotar
Languages
suomi
Awards
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