简介：SundoglivesoutintheSonoraDesertontheMexicanborder.Heisanelderlygentleman,wholivesoffanythingthatthebrutalnaturegiveshim,beitawildboarorthepsychedelicpoisonofatoad.'AShapeofThingstoCome'givesprecedencetothesensorymaterialityofthedesertinsteadoftoexplanationsanddialogue,andmovesbeyondthehumanscaleanddowntoanimalperspectives.Itcreatesaworldthatstretchesfromadistantpastintheecologicalmovementsofthe1960stoapossiblefutureintheaftermathoftheapocalypse.ButtheborderpatrolagentsarethreateningthepeaceinSundog'sdesertkingdom,whichthearmedrecluseispreparedtodefend.LisaMarieMalloyandJ.P.Sniadecki'sfilmisequalparts'Walden'andWestern,butthemagnificentisolationstandsinparadoxicalcontrasttothegreat,smoulderingproblemsofourtimes.Withthedesertastheultimateexistential(andcinematic)setting,thefilmshowstherelationshipbetweenhumanityandnatureatacriticaltime,whencivildisobedienceistheprovocativeanswertothemostpressingquestions.…