Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of the Millennium. Fifteen celebrated film-makers were invited to create their own vision of what time means in ten minutes of film.

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet poster

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)

★ 6.9/10 May 18, 2002 92 min

DocumentaryDrama

Director: Chen Kaige, Víctor Erice, Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, Aki Kaurismäki, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders  ·  Writers: Víctor Erice, Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, Aki Kaurismäki

Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of the Millennium. Fifteen celebrated film-makers were invited to create their own vision of what time means in ten minutes of film.

Director

Chen Kaige Chen Kaige Víctor Erice Víctor Erice Werner Herzog Werner Herzog Jim Jarmusch Jim Jarmusch Aki Kaurismäki Aki Kaurismäki Spike Lee Spike Lee Wim Wenders Wim Wenders

Cast

Markku Peltola Markku Peltola (segment "Dogs Have No Hell") Kati Outinen Kati Outinen (segment "Dogs Have No Hell") Marko Haavisto Marko Haavisto (segment "Dogs Have No Hell") Ana Sofia Liaño Ana Sofia Liaño (segment "Lifeline") Chloë Sevigny Chloë Sevigny (segment "Int. Trailer Night") Charles Esten Charles Esten Bill (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona") Amber Tamblyn Amber Tamblyn Bill (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona") Feng Yuanzheng Feng Yuanzheng (segment "100 Flowers Hidden Deep") Geng Le Geng Le (segment "100 Flowers Hidden Deep") Wang Yisheng Wang Yisheng (segment "100 Flowers Hidden Deep") Li Yixiang Li Yixiang (segment "100 Flowers Hidden Deep") Max Zhang Max Zhang (segment "100 Flowers Hidden Deep")

User Reviews (1)

CRCulver
CRCulver September 8, 2018
★ 5/10

Ten Minutes Older “The Trumpet” is a compilation of seven ten-minute films by various noted directors that all deal with the passing of time. This is one of such two 2002 projects produced by Nicholas McClintock, the other is subtitled "The Cello". In Aki Kaurismäki's "Dogs Have No Hell", Markku Peltola is released from jail and has ten minutes to convince Kati Outinen to marry him and board a train to Siberia. There's little explanation of who these people are, why Peltola was in jail or why they must go to Siberia, but the film does compress the Finnish director's style into a short span with its deadpan humour, stony facial expressions and even a performance by a morose rock band. As Víctor Erice's "Lifeline" begins, a baby's swaddling clothes are stained with blood because of a rupture. The film tracks the suspenseful minutes between the accident and the time that the lar…