1560: the beginning of the so-called ‘Little Ice Age’. Uncanny celestial events ignite the skies over Germany and Switzerland, leading people to believe the world is ending. ‘Tomorrow, the Burning Heavens’ reconsiders these apocalyptic visions, once captured in hand-colored woodblock prints, and returns to the Alps to observe the industrial production of winter landscapes in a modern-day skiing resort. Here, past and present dreams and nightmares are melted together in a film about the interplay of image-making, technology and faith during times of environmental collapse.
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