Since 1977, Sam Klemke has been recording himself on film, the #selfieavantlalettre. In that same year, NASA launched the Voyager with the Golden Record. Whereas NASA primarily sketches a positive picture of humanity, Klemke's honest self portraits zoom in on the individual. A special film about time, memory and what it means to be human. ‘This year will be my year, it has to be!’ Since 1977, Sam Klemke - a pioneer status updater - has looked back on ‘his year’ using video. With the illusion of progress, he hopes to encourage ‘personal growth and improvement’. Documentary maker Matthew Bate met Klemke on Facebook and became acquainted with his video 35 Years Back Through Time, a super-cut in which Klemke counts backwards from 2011 to his ambitious teenage self. Intrigued by this obsessive film project, Bate used Klemke's personal archive to create a documentary collage that feels like an intimate road trip, with Klemke providing valuable lessons about time. Along the way, he dismantles the dream of success and happiness. Klemke's self-mockery and honesty give the whole thing a light, breezy feel. Through this, Bate interweaves NASA’s Golden Record Project which, just like Klemke’s video project, was launched in 1977. This juxtaposition creates a reflection in which Bate sketches the comprehension of time and self-documenting stories as an inherent human need.
個人紀錄片，最後才暴露出對網路影像世代的反思。看一個在youtube年代前就在拍攝自己的男人，35年下來，他對自我攝像的定義，比多數網路人走得更遠，但也更困惑。最後半小時塞滿辯證，略讓電影失衡。
真实的力量永远超出想象！
前三分之二廢柴成長日誌 無論多廢、人生整沱爛到谷底、肚子凸到跟富士山一樣高、年過三十還家裡蹲都要紀錄下來的態度 既是scum精神的最高指導原則又是家庭檔案的終極實踐者吧 RESPECT 後半導演想玩後設有點解嗨但整體算瑕不掩瑜啦 總算是有再一起跳一支舞的
压缩人的一生太沉重了，to answer the nature of who we are 也太沉重了，在时间里留下的印记却太轻了。unbearable significance of nobody
山姆.克莱默克是一个电影爱好者，他19岁那年也就是1977年突发奇想开始用摄像机纪录自己的生活，年复一年他纪录了35年，由意气风发的牙套少年一直纪录到自己两鬓斑白，失落，梦想，亲情，爱情，包括35年来世界发生的科技变化政治变化都一闪而过，他的个人生活平凡的不能再平凡，他把自己的故事上传到脸
