#The fable 2021 movie

Junta Yamaguchi fires on all cylinders in his directorial debut, crafting a laugh-out-loud philosophical sci-fi adventure with bundles of creativity. We’ve got dangerous yakuza, Katō’s longtime crush dragged into things, stolen money, and the constant threat of creating a paradox. Now instead of simply running on two-minute schedules, we see further into the future, and all sorts of antics begin to form.

#The fable 2021 movie

This becomes ever more apparent as after Katō’s friends begin to brainstorm ways to use this wonderful discovery to profit off they create a sort of ‘time echo,’ a Droste effect (after which the movie is aptly named in Japan). Katō is upstairs talking to his future self on his computer screen at the beginning, then exactly two minutes later he’s downstairs talking to his past self.Įverything is on that schedule, and the timeline is kept nice and secure for every part of the film that it’s intended to. The film is presented as a single shot (similar to the iconic Alfred Hitchcock film Rope it uses hidden cuts to keep things consistent), and everything happens in real-time. What makes Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes so special is the structure. A sci-fi small-budget film that takes into account that a simple concept fully explored is often much more entertaining than bloating your narrative. This brilliant little setup is the kickoff for the incredible Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes. This other Katō is in fact him from two minutes in the future, downstairs in the café. There he finds himself, on his computer screen, trying to get his own attention. After an uneventful day of work at his café, Katō returns to his apartment above his workplace.