“Until the End of the World” was released in 1991 and, as fear mounted about Y2K at the turn of the century, it was possible that the film was a preminition of the future. Despite the fact that “the” sattelite didn’t crash and ruin us as a modern culture, this film was on point in terms of technology. All of it’s gadgets at the time seemed so mind blowing at the time and each one came to be part of our daily lives less than a decade after it’s release. Video phones, virtual image cameras, sleep chambers in Japan, watches that can take your picture, digital cameras, heat sensors, and night vision. Wim Wenders vision has manifest ten-fold. The only thing that remains to be seen is the ability to record our dreams.
Oh and the U2 song for the film is still pretty great.
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