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‘The End’ Is About Mankind Facing Certain Doom. Its Director Hopes It Inspires You
Rolling StoneStory by Maria Fontoura
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Acclaimed documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer takes on the apocalypse with a bold, genre-bending musical that aims to shake audiences from their complacency.
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- Oppenheimer originally never intended 'The End' to be a musical, but the format organically emerged as a way to explore mankind's looming doom in a thought-provoking yet accessible way.
- Starring Oscar-winners Michael Shannon and Tilda Swinton, 'The End' is a departure from Oppenheimer's previous hard-hitting documentaries, yet still maintains his signature style of challenging viewers to confront hard truths.
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Joshua Oppenheimer, Michael Shannon, Tilda Swinton, The End