简介：Thismysticalshortfilmhasanarratortellingusabouta"strangephilanthropicalsecretsociety"thathasbeeninexistenceforsevenyearsatacertainbuilding.Itsmembers,Philokinetes,devotetheirenergyandmoneytostudyingandpromotingafragmentoffilmtheycall'TheFilmtoCome'.Thefragmentrunsfortwenty-threesecondsandisinaloop.Thusprojected,itcanlastforhours,days,evenyears.Apparently,afterviewingthisfragmentonecanbecomesomewhatenlightened,andinadeephypnoticstate,broughtaboutbyover-repetitionoftherevealingfragment.Asthenarratorsays:"Onceyoureachthisstate,youcansee,sotheysay."Thenextsectionofthefilmisawatershed:forthenarratorisnowadifferentvoiceandtellingusthatthefragmenthasbeenstolenandthePhilokineteswerenowinadeepidentitycrisis.Thereisalargebookofapocryphalwisdomshowncalled'DoubleBookoftheDancingMysteries'thatthesectread.Knowledgederivedfromthisbookof"mumbo-jumboanduntruths"leadsthePhilokinetestobelievethatcinemahadalifeindependenttohumans.Cinema,theysaid,is"theprimevalsoupofanewlifeform.Therefromweretoemergepurescreeningcreatures,ornontopicalbeings.Vastsetsofloops,fromwhicheveryonewouldownashortendlessreturntoself."LaterthePhilokinetesclaimthatthelostfragmentwasfoundbythenarrator'sdaughter,aneventwhichsparksofffeastsandbanquetswhichlastedforweeks.Thenarrator'svoicechangesagainashedieswhilstoverlookingtwopriestsundergoingasolemnleafingthroughtheDoubleBook,aftertheyhavetookavowofilliteracy.Thenarrator'ssoulhasnowrunawaytoacinema,butmoreimportantly,ithadbecomeapartofthefragmententitledTheFilmtoCome.　　Shotmainlyinblackandwhite,Ruiz'sfamiliarshootingstyleandcameraanglesareevidentinhisesotericandinterestingnineminutefilm.…