The Slow Business of Going

The Slow Business of Going

95 mins | Jan. 1, 2000

Petra Going is a migrant cyborg, an agent of the Global Nomad Project: an international “Experience Data Agency” which sends hundreds of “receivers” like her to wander the globe and record a succession of random encounters. Periodically, they return to agency headquarters where they deposit their accumulated memories into an archive. This archive is available to users who then vicariously and virtually inhabit the ready-made landscapes of touristic consciousness. The motto of the GNP: “Nostalgia For Rent.”

The Slow Business of Going

95 mins | Jan. 1, 2000

The Slow Business of Going
Petra Going is a migrant cyborg, an agent of the Global Nomad Project: an international “Experience Data Agency” which sends hundreds of “receivers” like her to wander the globe and record a succession of random encounters. Periodically, they return to agency headquarters where they deposit their accumulated memories into an archive. This archive is available to users who then vicariously and virtually inhabit the ready-made landscapes of touristic consciousness. The motto of the GNP: “Nostalgia For Rent.”
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Greek Film Centre, Haos Film
Original title The Slow Business of Going
Directors Athina Rachel Tsangari
Writers

Cast

Lizzie Curry Martinez

as Petra Going

Gary Price

as The Gunman

Kenny Strickland

as The Tango Man

Daniel Aukin

as The Soccer Man

Sandra Carter

as Celeste

Mike Martin

as The Hypothermiac

Lauryn Pithey-Petrie

as The Ferry Captain

Steve Moore

as The Slapstick Man