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Trailer 1 of the science fiction movie Twelve Monkeys
The harrowing future of Terry Gilliam's hit complex sci-fi film Twelve Monkeys is different today. In the film, Bruce Willis takes on the role of a criminal who is transported back in time from the future ravaged by epidemics to determine the origin of the virus that wiped out humanity — an allegory that bears parallels to our current pandemic threat.
Gilliam was inspired by the circular structure of Chris Marker's 1962 short film La Jetée, the ending of Twelve Monkeys directly informs the beginning of the film while also relating the whole story together in a neat strip of Mobius. Such subversive story structure means that it takes a lot of time to brood.