A film cycle by Richard Salinas
Last
and First
Men
Five films of science fiction and fantasy, each drawn from a public-domain story.
Five films, one a year.
Each takes its title from a public-domain book, from a Babylonian epic to a 1936 Antarctic expedition.
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The Cycle — Five Films
Through the Looking Glass
after Lewis Carroll · 1871A woman crosses from the streets of Bangkok into a constructed world and there is no way back.
Science fiction & fantasy
Finished — watch it free, aboveGilgamesh
after the Babylonian epic · c. 1200 BCEA king who cannot accept that he will die. The gods and the monsters are real.
Fantasy
In production — 2026—2027A True Story
after Lucian of Samosata · c. 175 CEA voyage past the edge of the world.
Fantasy
In developmentThe Night Land
after William Hope Hodgson · 1912Millions of years on, the sun is dead, and the last of us keep a single lit redoubt against the dark.
Science fiction
In developmentAt the Mountains of Madness
after H. P. Lovecraft · 1936At the bottom of the world, an expedition finds evidence that we were never the first here.
Science fiction · cosmic horror
In development
“Reality is just another story waiting to be retold.”
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