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Friendship's Death

Country: UK, Language: English, 78 mins

  • Director: Peter Wollen
  • Writer: Peter Wollen
  • Producer: Colin MacCabe; Rebecca O'Brien

CGiii Comment

One from the vaults and Tilda's 3rd film.

And what an odd little film this is. Basically, it's a very verbose two-hander between a journalist and an android...set against the backdrop of war.

Don't expect any sci-fi SFX, there are none. This is Artificial Intelligence pitted against human philosophy...but, it's not confrontational, if anything, it's the evolution of an unlikely friendship.

Due to its age, it is dated and really is not as forward-thinking as great Sci-Fi stories ought to be. Think of all those fictional technological advancements that were written about decades before they became a reality...this has a conversation on how a typewriter 'hurts' when you bash the keys...not exactly ground-breaking stuff either intellectually or visually. A curious film that will remain a curiosity.


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The(ir) Blurb...

In 1970s, aliens send a female android diplomat to Earth on a mission of peace. She lands in war-torn Palestine instead of MIT by mistake and meets a friendly UK journalist there. They begin a series of insightful conversations.

Cast & Characters

Ruby Baker as Catherine;
Patrick Bauchau as Kubler;
Joumana Gill as Palestinian woman;
Bill Paterson as Sullivan;
Tilda Swinton as Friendship