In the Intense Now Reviews - Metacritic. Paul_quixote's rating of the film In the Intense Now paul_quixote This movie is about the inexorable sadness that comes with time's passage, that change is fleeting, it might only last for a second, but that second shows change can happen, which means it can happen again, that there is always a glimmering potential for the unfolding of a new path, Critic Reviews for In the Intense Now (No Intenso Agora) All Critics (13) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (1) Alternately engaging and a bit muddled, the film looks at the years 1966-68 as seen in China; in France, with the May 1968 student uprising; and in Czechoslovakia, with the Soviet invasion, three months later, and its aftermath. IN THE INTENSE NOW draws from the visual archive of the global 1968 revolutions in four countries—France, Czechoslovakia, China, and Brazil—to examine what is captured and what is lost in images of great historical intensity. Other factors, including technology and globalization, have led to “a historic period of uncertainty and dislocation,” said Slaughter, who added that such times lead some to “romanticize the past and crave order.” 1968’s “intense now” was fairly fleeting. Scenes of China are set alongside archival images of the events of 1968 in France, Czechoslovakia, and, to a lesser extent, Made following the discovery of amateur footage shot in China in 1966 during the first and most radical stage of the Cultural Revolution, In the Intense Now speaks to the fleeting nature of moments of great intensity. IN THE INTENSE NOW | Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Film Review: In the Intense Now | Film Journal International,.