Things to Come
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
Directed by William Cameron Menzies • 1936 • United Kingdom
Starring Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Cedrick HardwickeA 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...
Extras
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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 THINGS TO COME
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 COME
In this visual essay, produced in 2013, film historian Bruce Eder discusses Arthur Bliss’s musical score for THINGS TO COME.
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László Moholy-Nagy Unused Footage
Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy contributed special effects to the THINGS TO COME production, although very little of his work appears in the final film. Presented here is unused footage by Moholy-Nagy that was found in storage at Denham Film Studios in the 1970s.
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László Moholy-Nagy: 1936–2012
The following is a 2012 work by artist Jan Tichy, titled “Things to Come, 1936–2012.”
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The Wandering Sickness
This audio recording was taken from a single-sided 78 r.p.m. gramophone record in the collection of film historian John Huntley, who worked for Alexander Korda’s London Films around the time the studio put out THINGS TO COME in 1936. It features a reading about the Wandering Sickness from H. G. W...
