剧情介绍
Since1977,SamKlemkehasbeenrecordinghimselfonfilm,the#selfieavantlalettre.Inthatsameyear,NASAlaunchedtheVoyagerwiththeGoldenRecord.WhereasNASAprimarilysketchesapositivepictureofhumanity,Klemke'shonestselfportraitszoominontheindividual.Aspecialfilmabouttime,memoryandwhatitmeanstobehuman. ‘Thisyearwillbemyyear,ithastobeee!’Since1977,SamKlemke-apioneerstatusupdater-haslookedbackon‘hisyear’usingvideo.Withtheillusionofprogress,hehopestoencourage‘personalgrowthandimprovement’. DocumentarymakerMatthewBatemetKlemkeonFacebookandbecameacquaintedwithhisvideo35YearsBackThroughTime,asuper-cutinwhichKlemkecountsbackwardsfrom2011tohisambitiousteenageself.Intriguedbythisobsessivefilmproject,BateusedKlemke'spersonalarchivetocreateadocumentarycollagethatfeelslikeanintimateroadtrip,withKlemkeprovidingvaluablelessonsabouttime.Alongtheway,hedismantlesthedreamofsuccessandhappiness.Klemke'sself-mockeryandhonestygivethewholethingalight,breezyfeel. Throughthis,BateinterweavesNASA’sGoldenRecordProjectwhich,justlikeKlemke’svideoproject,waslaunchedin1977.ThisjuxtapositioncreatesareflectioninwhichBatesketchesthecomprehensionoftimeandself-documentingstoriesasaninherenthumanneed.
