During a globally stressful moment like this one, it is tempting to read prophecy into even the most anodyne relics of the Before Times.
But you don’t have to see an image of a giant coronavirus in a billboard behind Captain America, or freak out that a long-haired, quarantined Rapunzel lives in a kingdom called Corona in “Tangled,” to know that some filmmakers are more prescient than others.Judged only on his features, especially “Birth” and “Under the Skin,” British director Jonathan Glazer might already be a candidate for consideration.
But factor in his short-form work, which includes a seemingly unified crop of visionary music videos and commercials, culminating in his stunning new 10-minute art film “Strasbourg 1518,” which premieres July 20 as part of the BBC Arts “Culture in Quarantine” series, and it’s quickly apparent that Glazer’s sensibilities are perfectly attuned to our era of isolation, paranoia and plague.
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