Time Travel on Screen: Looper

Join us at the MIT Museum for a special film series exploring time travel through the lens of science fiction cinema.
Presented in partnership with the Boston Sci Fi Film Festival.

From Victorian inventors to futuristic hitmen, each screening offers a unique take on the paradoxes, perils, and possibilities of traveling through time.

$15 General Admission | $5 for MIT ID Holders

Looper
2012, Director: Rian Johnson
119 mins. Rated R

A major crime mob in 2074 has a clever way of getting rid of people — sending them to the past, where paid killers known as Loopers are waiting for their marks. When Looper Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) discovers that the target in front of him is his future self (Bruce Willis), he accidentally lets him go, starting a chain reaction of pursuit and violence. Older Joe will stop at nothing to change his fate while younger Joe is chased by the mob, and a mother (Emily Blunt) and her young son get caught up in the danger.

With a special screening of Michele Reilly’s short film Steeplechase before the feature.

Followed by a presentation on the science of time travel.