In the Intense Now

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In the Intense Now

2018

2h 7m

Documentary

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Archival footage, newsreel clips and home movies from the 1960s showcase uprisings in Paris, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and the Cultural Revolution in China.

Mark Feeney

Boston Globe

05/16/2018

3/4

Alternately engaging and a bit muddled, the film looks at the years 1966-68 as seen in China; in France, with the May 1968 student uprising; and in Czechoslovakia, with the Soviet invasion, three months later, and its aftermath.

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

04/27/2018

B+

In the end, the political confusions of Salles's movie, which seem all of a piece with the political confusions of that era, sit small beside its achievement as a document of an incendiary time.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

04/19/2018

The combination of archival bounty with Salles' touching analysis has a hypnotic effect, serving up the past plus reflection, garnished with a resonant melancholy about the ebb and flow of uprisings.

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Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

07/17/2020

With the disparity between haves and have-nots greater than ever, the spirit of 68 is more relevant now than ever before.

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Pat Mullen

POV Magazine

05/22/2019

In the Intense Now is inspired more by dusty novels and Godard films than it is by the revolutionary spirit of the working class.

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Chris Barsanti

PopMatters

04/22/2019

João Moreira Salles's melancholic documentary, In the Intense Now (No Intenso Agora) stitches together amateur footage of the riots of 1968 to create a riveting rumination on the glee and disillusionment of idealism.

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Archival footage, newsreel clips and home movies from the 1960s showcase uprisings in Paris, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and the Cultural Revolution in China.

Director: João Moreira Salles
Producer: Maria Carlota Fernandes Bruno
Screenwriter: João Moreira Salles
Distributor: Icarus Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 31, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2019
Runtime: 2h 7m