| Subtitles | English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German and Spanish |
| Languages | Finnish, Swedish, English 2.0 & 5.1 |
| Aspect Ratio | 4:3 & 16:9 |
| Color | Color |
| Video Standard | PAL |
| Catalogue number | R23.04 |
| EAN | 9789058492272 |
| Company | Reel23 |
| Notes | ////Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow Futuro is a journey back in time to our recent futuristic past. It's a documentary about the rise and fall of the plastic Futuro house, the story of a `Space Age' utopia that almost came true. Documentary turns the history of this forgotten milestone in Finnish design into a story full of international colour and drama. It traces the development of Suuronen's `purely mathematical idea' into a multipurpose commodity which is eventually destroyed by time. ////A Physical Ring Attached to the ceiling, the film camera is aimed at a right angle downward and it reveals a scene in black and white. In the middle of the floor, there is a composition reminiscent of a moving cubistic sculpture. In the centre of the rectangular base, there is a circular board revolved by a belt outside the frame area. This section is encircled by a thin band stretching as far as the borders of the frame area: it vibrates elastically while the electronic soundtrack follows its rhythm. Are we looking at a weird electronic happening or a moving studio set for an old science fiction film? ///The Future's Not What It Used To Be A documentary film about Erkki Kurenniemi (b. 1941), whose career represents a surprisingly natural blend of music, film, computers, robotics, science and art. His project of collecting everything around 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 merging man and machine - reconstructing the human soul. Kurenniemi's story is a fascinating and forceful depiction 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 unique DIMI-instruments developed by Kurenniemi, and segments from unfinished experimental short films from the 1960s. The Future is not what it used to be is a film about the 1960s avant-garde in music and film, the early history of microcomputers and the open questions of 21st century science. ////RoboCup '99 A sportfilm where the researchers of artificial intelligence share their vision of the future. The film shows the various stages of the third successive tournament, held at Stockholm City Conference Centre in 1999. It culminates in the middle sized robot's final between Sharif CE Teheran (Iran) and the Azzurra Robot Team (Italy). ////Optical Sound Optical sound continues the series of films by Mika Taanila which deal with technology, humanity, and futuristic ideas. Office technology becomes obsolete very quickly. Old tools transform into musical instruments. The film is based on the Symphony # 2 for 12 Dot Matrix Printers, composed by [The User]. DVD extra's Audio commentary on The Future Is Not What It Used To Be by Mika Taanila and Erkki Kurenniemi Audio commentary on Optical Sound by [The User] Additional data Music by Ø (Pan Sonic), [The User], Peter Rehberg, Ektroverde, Erkki Kurenniemi |
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