The Last Century

The Last Century — Plot

In her film The Last Century (2006), what appears to be a static image of a group of people slowly reveals itself to be a real, filmed take, timed to the length of a burning cigarette: the film is entirely static apart from the involuntary blinking, twitching and barely-visible breathing of four motionless actors, all arranged around a central figure as if in a group portrait painted by Rembrandt or Caravaggio.

• Release date
• December 3, 2006
• Runtime
• 7 min
• Director
• Sam Taylor-Johnson