RESURRECT DEAD: THE MYSTERY OF THE TOYNBEE TILES is a documentary that sounds quite fascinating. The film will have its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next week. If you’re unfamiliar with the interesting story behind the Toynbee tiles, I recommend reading up on it on the almighty Wikipeida.
You can check out the new poster for the flick below. The doc is directed by first-time filmmaker Jon Foy. Artist/musician Justin Duerr leads the investigation, which they have been filming since 2005. Here is the synopsis of the result:
Strangeness is afoot. Most people don’t notice the hundreds of cryptic tiled messages about resurrecting the dead that have been appearing in city streets over the past three decades. But Justin Duerr does. For years, finding an answer to this long-standing urban mystery has been his obsession. He has been collecting clues that the tiler has embedded in the streets of major cities across the U.S. and South America. But as Justin starts piecing together key events of the past he finds a story that is more surreal than he imagined, and one that hits disturbingly close to home.
The mysterious tiles read “Toynbee Idea / In Kubrick’s 2001 / Resurrect Dead / On Planet Jupiter.” What could that mean?
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