Into Eternity

Name: Into Eternity
Genre: Documentary
Released: February 2, 2011
Duration: 75 min
Rating: 68

2011

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International Film Circuit | Release Date: February 2, 2011 | Unrated

Summary: Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storages, which are vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world's first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock - a huge system of undergroundEvery day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storages, which are vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world's first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock - a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last 100,000 years as this is how long the waste remains hazardous. Once the waste has been deposited and the repository is full, the facility is to be sealed off and never opened again. Or so we hope, but can we ensure that? And how is it possible to warn our descendants of the deadly waste we left behind? How do we prevent them from thinking they have found the pyramids of our time, mystical burial grounds, hidden treasures? Which languages and signs will they understand? And if they understand, will they respect our instructions? While gigantic monster machines dig deeper and deeper into the dark, experts above ground strive to find solutions to this crucially important radioactive waste issue to secure mankind and all species on planet Earth now and in the near and very distant future. Captivating, wondrous and extremely frightening, this feature documentary takes viewers on a journey never seen before into the underworld and into the future. (Magic Hour Films)… Expand

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 75 min

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David Lewis

May 27, 2011

In a deceptively low-key manner, Danish filmmaker Michael Madsen has beautifully crafted one of the most provocative movies of the year. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Feb 3, 2011

Although Madsen's survey of warning strategies has an aimless structure prone to repetition, he creates an effective mood that transcends his time-travel gimmick and eventually becomes topical. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Feb 4, 2011

Madsen interviews experts galore, but few seem to know what's going to happen with this project in the next decade -- let alone 100,000 years. Read full review

J. Hoberman

Feb 1, 2011

It is meant to boggle the mind and inspire awe-and it does. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Feb 1, 2011

There is something apocalyptically awful about Onkalo, to be sure, but the impulse behind it is noble, and the installation itself has an undeniable grandeur. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Feb 7, 2011

Most important, given that Onkalo will hide and bury just some of Finland's waste, what about everyone else's? [14 & 21 Feb. 2011, p. 139]

Elizabeth Weitzman

Feb 4, 2011

Unfortunately, Madsen (a Danish filmmaker, not the American actor) has an approach to this rich topic that is repetitive and simplistic, as if he wasn't quite sure how to fill out even a brief feature. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Jul 14, 2018

"I have to say the quick answer is nobody knows anything, at all." Meant to last 100,000 years, to be sealed in 2120. We're all be far gone by then and yet the questions and doubts are all ours now.

There's close to 250,000 tons of nuclear waste worldwide right now and it's evident that"I have to say the quick answer is nobody knows anything, at all." Meant to last 100,000 years, to be sealed in 2120. We're all be far gone by then and yet the questions and doubts are all ours now.

There's close to 250,000 tons of nuclear waste worldwide right now and it's evident that more sites like Onkalo will exist in the future.
So it's fair to infer that perhaps we are bequeathing a catastrophic time bomb for future generations, not to your children, probably not even your grandchildren but maybe to all those who will come after them.
It's a time bomb because of our actions at this time and the worst part of all is that we will never know.

This is the kind of stuff that **** you up and mess with your head.… Expand

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