Last Days is a 2005 American drama film directed, produced, and written by Gus Van Sant, and is a fictionalized account of the last days of a musician, loosely based on Kurt Cobain. It was released to theaters in the United States on July 22, 2005 and was produced by HBO. The film stars Michael Pitt as the character Blake, based on Kurt Cobain; Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, and Scott Patrick Green also star in the film. This is the first film from Picturehouse, a joint venture between Time Warner's New Line Cinema and HBO Films subsidiaries to release art house, independent, foreign, and documentary films. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews. Though meant to be based on Kurt Cobain, it contradicts the factual evidence of Cobain's final days.
Grunge rocker Blake escapes rehab and walks home through a long forest, also swimming through a lake then lighting a fire for the night. The next day, he gets home and changes his clothes. He walks around in the house with a shotgun pointing it at his sleeping roommates Scott, Luke, Asia, and Nicole. He is greeted by Yellow Pages representative Thadeus A Thomas who talks to him about placing an ad in the upcoming book. He receives a phone call from his record company telling him that he and his band have to do another tour and that it is important they make the booked dates, but Blake hangs up. He goes upstairs and falls asleep on the floor in one of the rooms. Asia awakes and finds him asleep as two boys arrive at the door. Scott and Luke answer the door and the two boys talk to them about their church down the street. Blake changes into different clothes and leaves the house for the shed outside as the Christian boys leave.
The end time (also called end times, end of time, end of days, last days, final days, or eschaton) is a future time-period described variously in the eschatologies of several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), where world events achieve a final climax.
The Abrahamic faiths maintain a linear cosmology, with end-time scenarios containing themes of transformation and redemption. In Judaism, the term "end of days" makes reference to the Messianic Age, and includes an in-gathering of the exiled Jewish diaspora, the coming of the Messiah, the resurrection of the righteous and the world to come. Some sects of Christianity depict the end time as a period of tribulation that precedes the second coming of Christ, who will face the Antichrist along with his power structure and usher in the Kingdom of God. However, other Christians believe that the end time represents the personal tribulation experienced before they become enlightened with the Word of God. In Islam, the Day of Judgement is preceded by the appearance of the Mahdi mounted on a white stallion. With the help of Isa (Jesus), the Mahdi will triumph over Masih ad-Dajjal (the false messiah).
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Last Days is a short film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, highlighting the danger of extinction faced by African elephants from the illegal ivory trade. The film also alleges that the poaching of elephants in Africa contributes significantly to the funding of terrorism networks. The film's claims are based on a 2013 report by the Elephant Action League (EAL) that the militant organization Al-Shabaab receives as much as 40% of its funding from the sale of elephant ivory. Footage of the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, which has been attributed to Al-Shabaab, is featured in the film.
The film's claims of a poaching-terrorism link have been challenged in the media. Tristan McConnell, in an op-ed for the New York Times, describes the film as "a beguiling story divorced from reality", arguing that "global terrorism and the international ivory trade are distinct problems, requiring different strategies; conflating the two risks undermining the fight against both". McConnell earlier cited a report published jointly by Interpol and the United Nations Environment Programme which found the EAL's description of a link between the ivory trade and Al-Shabaab, the basis for Bigelow's film, to be "highly unreliable". The same report indicates that illegal trade in charcoal, a major cause of deforestation, is the principal source of funding for the terror group through taxes imposed on traders.