Nacho Vigalondo
출생 : 1977-04-06, Cabezón de la Sal, Cantabria, Spain
약력
Ignacio Vigalondo Palacios (born 6 April 1977), better known as Nacho Vigalondo, is a Spanish filmmaker.
Vigalondo's first film was the 2003 Spanish-language short film 7:35 in the Morning, about a suicide bomber who terrorizes a cafe, which was only eight minutes long. The film won significant accolades: it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film, got another Best Short Film Award nomination at the European Film Awards, and received the Bronze Moon of Valencia at the Cinema Jove – Valencia International Film Festival, and the Prix UIP Drama at the Drama Short Film Festival.
He finished his first full length feature film, Los Cronocrímenes (English title: Timecrimes), in 2007, in which he also co-starred.
Vigalondo's next film was the 2011 Spanish-language alien invasion film Extraterrestre.
In 2011, it was reported that Vigalondo was recruited to direct a film adaptation of Mark Millar's Supercrooks.
From 2012 to 2014 he wrote and directed a segment in three different anthology horror films: The ABCs of Death, The Profane Exhibit, and VHS: Viral. In 2014 he also released Open Windows, a techno-thriller film that marked his English-language debut.
Vigalondo's most recent film is Colossal, which he wrote and directed. The film is a twist on the Kaiju genre and an homage to the Godzilla franchise. Before starting production on Colossal, Vigalondo described his plan as to make a serious film with "old school" practical effects on a low budget Vigalondo's latest directorial effort is the Hulu original film Pooka, released December 2018 in the Into the Dark series.
Self - Filmmaker
The horror film [REC] — directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, and released in 2007 — was an unprecedented triumph for Spanish fantasy cinema. Fifteen years later, those responsible for the creation and worldwide success of this cinematic milestone decode its keys and resurrect the myth.
Director
The alarm tells the strange experiences faced by a group of characters in a near and dystopian future. No one knows exactly why, but it is impossible to go outside. A couple is forced to live with an unknown family while the world beyond the windows of their house seems to disintegrate forever. But the biggest threat of all might be inside, in the exact center of the dining room table. Or at the bottom of the nightstand drawer. Or in the past.
Self
Carlos Boyero is one of Spanish cinema's most followed and feared figures. Controversy has hounded him since he published his first article more than forty years ago, and he has remained in the eye of the hurricane ever since. Is he the last representative of a disappearing time? Has social media put an end to the traditional influence of the critics. Taking the background and personality of this very controversial figure as its basis, El crítico / The Critic will also endeavour to reflect on the enormous changes taking place in Spain in the field of film criticism.
Older Man
런던에서 패션디자인을 공부하던 레오는 아버지가 세상을 떠난 후 자신의 고향이자 괴짜 엄마 마리아가 사는 스페인 북서부의 항구도시 히혼으로 돌아온다. 경제 위기 이후 관광객이 감소하면서 쇠락의 길을 걷고 있는 도시에서의 삶은 녹록지 않다. (제26회 부산국제영화제)
Himself
Jorge Ponce made this neverending videoclip so it could be played during the entire Macaco interview. A spanish TV parody from "La Resistencia".
Self - Filmmaker
A walk through the golden age of Spanish exploitation cinema, from the sixties to the eighties; a low-budget cinema and great popular acceptance that exploited cinematographic fashions: westerns, horror movies, erotic comedies and thrillers about petty criminals.
Screenplay
어느 날, ‘파라다이스 힐스’라는 낯선 곳에서 깨어난 ‘우마’. 하지만 어떻게 누구에 의해 이곳에 오게 되었는지는 기억이 나지 않는다. 파라다이스 힐스는 외딴 곳에 고립된 섬이지만 소녀들의 눈과 마음을 사로잡는 매력적인 것들로 가득하다. 초대된 모두에게 아름다움을 완성시켜주는 곳이라고만 알고 있던 소녀들이 이곳의 비밀을 하나 둘씩 알게 되면서 섬을 빠져나가기 위한 계획을 세우지만 치료라는 명목의 또 다른 어두운 진실과 마주하게 되는데…
Himself - Host
Comedians Facu Díaz and Miguel Maldonado, along with filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo as host, tell the brief story of “No te metas en política,” a Spanish late-night talk show that was broadcast online between 2016 and 2019.
Vecino iracunda
Roberto (Rey) and Daniela (Salamanca) are two brothers who live in a world of wealth and glamor thanks to the shipping company they inherited from their father. Both share the direction of the company, although they have a completely opposite attitude to life: Daniela is thorough and perfectionist; Roberto, on the other hand, is a visionary genius who hates the meticulousness of his sister. However, both find the way out of their disagreements when they fall in love with the same woman: Isabel (Dolera), a monologist who Roberto has hired to seduce Daniela and so be as fun as she was before taking the address of the company.
Self
Humor shapes the way Spaniards interact on Twitter: all sorts of topics can be used to make a joke and many anonymous commentators can become celebrities and compete with professional comedians. But sometimes certain jokes that defy political correctness have a high price for those who dare to make them, jokes that can freeze the smiles of thousands of people whose prejudices can put an end to some very successful artistic careers.
Executive Producer
A struggling actor gets a holiday season job as a Christmas character in a plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year, Pooka; he slowly develops two personalities—one when he's in the suit and one that's outside it.
Director
A struggling actor gets a holiday season job as a Christmas character in a plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year, Pooka; he slowly develops two personalities—one when he's in the suit and one that's outside it.
Comentarista
At the beginning of the 20th century, a series of Gnostic spells perpetrated in India affected a Spanish priest, ending his honor and his life and cursing his offspring forever. Harassed by this spell, his great-great grandson, also a priest, is forced to flee from the town to the capital and from there to a cathedral submerged in the depths of the ocean. Black magicians, delinquents, insects, archons and even Satan himself will be some of the sinister characters he will have to face in order to succeed in his evangelizing adventure.
Self - Filmmaker
A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and rock-spirited immersion into the universe of cinephilia, in search of genre specialists, fans and filmmakers who speak of their shared passion for fantastic cinema; a whole international spiritual community united under the cathartic shadow of horror.
Executive Producer
뉴욕에서 남자친구와 살던 글로리아는 직장과 남자친구를 모두 잃고 고향으로 돌아온다. 무기력한 생활을 하던 그녀는 지구 반대편, 대한민국 서울 한복판에 나타난 거대 괴수와 자신이 묘하게 연결되어있다는 것을 알게 되고, 더 큰 재앙을 막아내기 위해 직접 서울로 향하게 되는데… 가진 거 하나 없지만, 그럼에도 나라는 존재는 꽤 쓸모 있을지도?
Writer
뉴욕에서 남자친구와 살던 글로리아는 직장과 남자친구를 모두 잃고 고향으로 돌아온다. 무기력한 생활을 하던 그녀는 지구 반대편, 대한민국 서울 한복판에 나타난 거대 괴수와 자신이 묘하게 연결되어있다는 것을 알게 되고, 더 큰 재앙을 막아내기 위해 직접 서울로 향하게 되는데… 가진 거 하나 없지만, 그럼에도 나라는 존재는 꽤 쓸모 있을지도?
Director
뉴욕에서 남자친구와 살던 글로리아는 직장과 남자친구를 모두 잃고 고향으로 돌아온다. 무기력한 생활을 하던 그녀는 지구 반대편, 대한민국 서울 한복판에 나타난 거대 괴수와 자신이 묘하게 연결되어있다는 것을 알게 되고, 더 큰 재앙을 막아내기 위해 직접 서울로 향하게 되는데… 가진 거 하나 없지만, 그럼에도 나라는 존재는 꽤 쓸모 있을지도?
Guillermo
1985년, 에이버리 태거트는 피사체에 대해 감정적 거리를 유지하는 방식으로 신랄하면서도 진솔한 사진을 찍어 확고한 입지를 다진 종군 사진작가다. 그런 그녀가 ‘엘 구에로’라는 별명으로 대중적 인기를 누리고 있는 어느 스페인 선교사의 유격대를 따라 콜롬비아의 정글에 뛰어들었다가, 전례 없는 위험에 처하고 만다. 잔학한 범죄를 저지르는 엘 구에로의 모습을 우연히 카메라에 담은 것. 이는 엘 구에로의 명성을 해치고 그를 파멸시킬 수도 있는 사진이다. 에이버리는 이 무서운 사이코패스가 자신과 사진을 없애려 수단과 방법을 가리지 않을 것을 예상하고 험난한 정글 속으로 도망친다. 적들을 몰살하겠다는 지도자의 광기로 인해 난폭한 게릴라로 돌변한 선교사들. 그들을 피해 달아난 그녀가 가진 것이라고는 목에 건 카메라뿐이다.
Nacho
Manu
A crazy brief depiction of what would happen during our last day in this sociopathic world.
Trini is the most famous flamingo dancer in the world and she has an envious life. Everyone loves her dancing, but when a seemingly innocuous domestic accident takes her husband's life, a deep depression falls over Trini forcing her to quit the stage. Damien's behaviour, her 8-year-old son, becomes uncontrollably forcing Trini to call upon doctor after doctor to provide relief. When no answers can be found, there is left only one possible explanation - Damien has been possessed by a dark spirit! Trini begins a desperate quest to repair her shattered family. This search eventually leads to a defrocked priest called Father Lenin whose own severe spiritual crisis may not bode well for what lays ahead. With no where to turn and all other hopes to save her shattered family exhausted, Trini must place her faith in a man whose faith is... questionable!
Screenplay
유명세에 집착하는 십대들이 인터넷 스타가 되기 위해 영상을 찍고 이것이 인터넷을 통해 전파된다. 어느 덧 세 번째를 맞는 푸티지 호러 프랜차이즈 는 악령에 씌인 비디오 테입에서 언제든 볼 수 있는 동영상으로 진화하였다. 장르 영화 씬에서 두각을 나타내는 6인의 감독이 참여하여 한층 치밀해진 스토리를 선보이는 는 전작들이 보여줬던 최고 수준의 공포를 또 어떻게 재현해낼지 궁금하게 만든다.
Director
유명세에 집착하는 십대들이 인터넷 스타가 되기 위해 영상을 찍고 이것이 인터넷을 통해 전파된다. 어느 덧 세 번째를 맞는 푸티지 호러 프랜차이즈 는 악령에 씌인 비디오 테입에서 언제든 볼 수 있는 동영상으로 진화하였다. 장르 영화 씬에서 두각을 나타내는 6인의 감독이 참여하여 한층 치밀해진 스토리를 선보이는 는 전작들이 보여줬던 최고 수준의 공포를 또 어떻게 재현해낼지 궁금하게 만든다.
Self
Director
The definitive compilation of Nacho's most brilliant and unforgettable shorts. Collected for the first time and personally curated by Vigalondo himself and his longtime partner-in-crime , Nahikari Ipiña, CONFETTI features such favorites as CHOQUE, SUNDAY, MARISA, and CARLOTA, as well as a fresh introduction and thoughts by the man himself.
Self
A long overdue documentary that tells the story of 2000AD, the unsung cult hero of the comics industry. This film will celebrate and pay respect to the comic and explore its importance and influence on contemporary pop culture.
Director
A major scientific breakthrough traps ingenious experimenter Alfonso between two parallel worlds. Is the grass greener on the other side?
Richy Gabilondo
은둔형 해커 닉은 자신의 우상인 여배우 질과 데이트할 수 있는 행운의 기회에 당첨이 된다. 하지만 이는 질을 유괴하려는 괴한의 속임수였음이 드러나고, 쫓는 자와 쫓기는 자, 선과 악이 뒤바뀌어 한치 앞을 알 수 없는 추격의 롤러코스터 끝에는 감독이 선사하는 깜짝 선물이 기다리고 있다. 카메라 렌즈가 아닌, 첨단 컴퓨터시스템과 인터넷, SNS가 총 동원된 이 작품은 21세기 버전의 이라 해도 과언이 아닐 듯.
Writer
은둔형 해커 닉은 자신의 우상인 여배우 질과 데이트할 수 있는 행운의 기회에 당첨이 된다. 하지만 이는 질을 유괴하려는 괴한의 속임수였음이 드러나고, 쫓는 자와 쫓기는 자, 선과 악이 뒤바뀌어 한치 앞을 알 수 없는 추격의 롤러코스터 끝에는 감독이 선사하는 깜짝 선물이 기다리고 있다. 카메라 렌즈가 아닌, 첨단 컴퓨터시스템과 인터넷, SNS가 총 동원된 이 작품은 21세기 버전의 이라 해도 과언이 아닐 듯.
Director
은둔형 해커 닉은 자신의 우상인 여배우 질과 데이트할 수 있는 행운의 기회에 당첨이 된다. 하지만 이는 질을 유괴하려는 괴한의 속임수였음이 드러나고, 쫓는 자와 쫓기는 자, 선과 악이 뒤바뀌어 한치 앞을 알 수 없는 추격의 롤러코스터 끝에는 감독이 선사하는 깜짝 선물이 기다리고 있다. 카메라 렌즈가 아닌, 첨단 컴퓨터시스템과 인터넷, SNS가 총 동원된 이 작품은 21세기 버전의 이라 해도 과언이 아닐 듯.
Director
Two kids go hunting for ghosts to help their dad run a burger cafe. An epic sequel to Hardcastle's "T is For Toilet" segment of the horror anthology film "The ABCs of Death", it takes place 12 years after the accident.
Writer
Our protagonist has devised a way to celebrate the exact moment in which he falls in love with Carlota. It's just that that moment hasn't arrived yet - But when it does-- it'll be just as wonderful as a dove in the dance-floor cheered on by a giant blow-up clown.
Director
Our protagonist has devised a way to celebrate the exact moment in which he falls in love with Carlota. It's just that that moment hasn't arrived yet - But when it does-- it'll be just as wonderful as a dove in the dance-floor cheered on by a giant blow-up clown.
Director
The devil's hour, which takes place at 3:07 AM, is the most haunted time of the day. VICE and The Conjuring selected four directors to create short horror films inspired by that idea. Each one is distinctly twisted and scary.
Director
Deep within the underbelly of Paris, there is a club which is the home of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but within the cavernous building are many hidden rooms, one of which is known as "The Room of Souls," a private gathering place of the world's richest and most evil people. Their host is the elegant yet frightening Madame Sabatier. For their amusement each member takes a turn and spins a true tale of depravity.
Writer
감독들이 26개의 알파벳 글자를 하나씩 맡아 죽음에 관한 이야기로 만들어낸 흥미로운 작품이다. 평소 호러와 밀접한 관련이 있는 장르 전문 감독들이 모여 만든 이 영화는 현대 호러의 다양성을 보여주는 명확한 지표가 될 것이다. 벤 휘틀리, 제이슨 에이즈너, 니시무라 요시히로 등 장르 대가들이 마련한 장르 영화의 성찬. (2013년 제17회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)
Director
감독들이 26개의 알파벳 글자를 하나씩 맡아 죽음에 관한 이야기로 만들어낸 흥미로운 작품이다. 평소 호러와 밀접한 관련이 있는 장르 전문 감독들이 모여 만든 이 영화는 현대 호러의 다양성을 보여주는 명확한 지표가 될 것이다. 벤 휘틀리, 제이슨 에이즈너, 니시무라 요시히로 등 장르 대가들이 마련한 장르 영화의 성찬. (2013년 제17회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)
Ensalada
Xabi and Sara break up just before their holiday trip. She leaves the house and Xabi stays alone. At first he doesn't seem to be affected, but soon weird things will start to happen as he feels sick with a strange disease. When he finally understands what is going on he'll have to make a decision that could change his life forever.
Nacho Vigalondo
Documentary about new actors in Spain.
Martín
Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with his wife. However, instead of the hotel, he finds a museum built around the Roman theater in the city. While walking through the ruins, he has an accident, an iron rod sticks into his head and leaves him completely paralyzed. If he tries to move he would die. Roberto becomes the focus of the media, which will change his life ...
In "Raw meat" we meet Quico and Andrew, two salesmen. A weekend in the countryside leads them to fall into the trap of a sect of cannibals led by Maruja, an old hippie specialist in the preparation of human kebabs .... Kill or be killed? That is the question... When life gets tough, there's nothing better than raw meat.
Producer
Everyone knows what to do if one morning the sky would be absolutely full of UFOs: run as fast as you can. However, what would happen if the invasion started while you are in the flat of the girl of your dreams, the one you have just met?
Writer
Everyone knows what to do if one morning the sky would be absolutely full of UFOs: run as fast as you can. However, what would happen if the invasion started while you are in the flat of the girl of your dreams, the one you have just met?
Director
Everyone knows what to do if one morning the sky would be absolutely full of UFOs: run as fast as you can. However, what would happen if the invasion started while you are in the flat of the girl of your dreams, the one you have just met?
Writer
Three science fiction short stories.
Director
Three science fiction short stories.
Writer
A man relates his relationship with a woman who he noticed would have a different personality depending on where she physically was. Over time she seems to change with smaller and smaller movements in space. Gradually she seems to change even though she isn't moving at all.
Director
A man relates his relationship with a woman who he noticed would have a different personality depending on where she physically was. Over time she seems to change with smaller and smaller movements in space. Gradually she seems to change even though she isn't moving at all.
Mario
Rosa chooses her own adventure...
Writer
Martin, a child of nine years, is the one in charge in a class during the teacher’s absence. He has to write down at the blackboard the name of the students who talk. It seems an easy task ... until the bully of the class starts to speak.
El Joven
한적한 시골마을로 아내와 함께 이사한 ‘헥터’는 아내가 저녁 준비를 위해 장을 보러 간 사이 주변 경치를 망원경으로 둘러 보던 중 우연히 숲 속에서 옷을 벗고 있는 수상한 여자를 발견하고 호기심에 그녀에게 조금씩 다가간다. 숲 한가운데 나체로 누워있는 여자를 발견한 순간 갑작스레 나타난 괴한이 흉기를 휘둘러 ‘헥터’는 팔에 상처를 입고 도망치게 된다. 정신 없이 도망쳐 도착한 곳은 숲 근처의 한 연구소. 그 곳에서 만난 연구원은 괴한으로부터 숨겨주겠다면서 특이한 외관의 기계에 들어가라고 한다. 기계에 몸을 숨겨 괴한을 따돌린 ‘헥터’는 기계에서 나와 한 숨을 돌리고 연구소 창 밖을 바라보는데 그 곳에는 자신의 집 앞에서 망원경으로 숲 속을 보고 있는 자신의 모습을 발견하고 경악하게 되는데...
Writer
한적한 시골마을로 아내와 함께 이사한 ‘헥터’는 아내가 저녁 준비를 위해 장을 보러 간 사이 주변 경치를 망원경으로 둘러 보던 중 우연히 숲 속에서 옷을 벗고 있는 수상한 여자를 발견하고 호기심에 그녀에게 조금씩 다가간다. 숲 한가운데 나체로 누워있는 여자를 발견한 순간 갑작스레 나타난 괴한이 흉기를 휘둘러 ‘헥터’는 팔에 상처를 입고 도망치게 된다. 정신 없이 도망쳐 도착한 곳은 숲 근처의 한 연구소. 그 곳에서 만난 연구원은 괴한으로부터 숨겨주겠다면서 특이한 외관의 기계에 들어가라고 한다. 기계에 몸을 숨겨 괴한을 따돌린 ‘헥터’는 기계에서 나와 한 숨을 돌리고 연구소 창 밖을 바라보는데 그 곳에는 자신의 집 앞에서 망원경으로 숲 속을 보고 있는 자신의 모습을 발견하고 경악하게 되는데...
Director
한적한 시골마을로 아내와 함께 이사한 ‘헥터’는 아내가 저녁 준비를 위해 장을 보러 간 사이 주변 경치를 망원경으로 둘러 보던 중 우연히 숲 속에서 옷을 벗고 있는 수상한 여자를 발견하고 호기심에 그녀에게 조금씩 다가간다. 숲 한가운데 나체로 누워있는 여자를 발견한 순간 갑작스레 나타난 괴한이 흉기를 휘둘러 ‘헥터’는 팔에 상처를 입고 도망치게 된다. 정신 없이 도망쳐 도착한 곳은 숲 근처의 한 연구소. 그 곳에서 만난 연구원은 괴한으로부터 숨겨주겠다면서 특이한 외관의 기계에 들어가라고 한다. 기계에 몸을 숨겨 괴한을 따돌린 ‘헥터’는 기계에서 나와 한 숨을 돌리고 연구소 창 밖을 바라보는데 그 곳에는 자신의 집 앞에서 망원경으로 숲 속을 보고 있는 자신의 모습을 발견하고 경악하게 되는데...
Martín Ágreda
An attractive journalist attempts to interview a writer of ill reputation.
Writer
The story of a couple's nice Sunday picnic that turns into science fiction in the blink of an eye.
Director
The story of a couple's nice Sunday picnic that turns into science fiction in the blink of an eye.
Can fiction surpass reality?
Writer
Pilot episode for a tv show that never got made, adapting César Velasco Broca's homonymous comic book.
Jaime de Funes
Pilot episode for a tv show that never got made, adapting César Velasco Broca's homonymous comic book.
Writer
A man finds out possessing a spectacular ability. The opportunity to make this world a better place rests in his hands. With great power comes great responsibility.
Director
A man finds out possessing a spectacular ability. The opportunity to make this world a better place rests in his hands. With great power comes great responsibility.
Writer
A tacky version of the lake sequence in "Zodiac".
Director
A tacky version of the lake sequence in "Zodiac".
Pijo 1
After accidentally killing the albino boa of his boss, and in search of money to buy a new one, Dani and his colleagues sign up for the first national competition of Dance Dance Revolution.
Nacho Vigalondo
Writer
A couple discovers a bumper car floor. When there some youngsters appear, the man gets caught into a personal battle with himself.
Diego
A couple discovers a bumper car floor. When there some youngsters appear, the man gets caught into a personal battle with himself.
Director
A couple discovers a bumper car floor. When there some youngsters appear, the man gets caught into a personal battle with himself.
Carol just came out of prison, Miki doesn't know shit from clay, however, they get start working on the perfect heist: stealing 50 million from an old hermit who keeps them under the mattress.
Cabeza cortada
A man volunteers to take part in an experiment that attempts to analyse human behaviour under extreme conditions of terror. His mission is to remain seated inside a dark room for a length of time of 15 minutes. If he manages to hold on, he will receive in return a generous sum of money. Is it possible to terrify an individual who knows beforehand that everything is a farce?
Writer
A man volunteers to take part in an experiment that attempts to analyse human behaviour under extreme conditions of terror. His mission is to remain seated inside a dark room for a length of time of 15 minutes. If he manages to hold on, he will receive in return a generous sum of money. Is it possible to terrify an individual who knows beforehand that everything is a farce?
Young Manuel
North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an apparently irrelevant act that, however, will be paramount to understand the Spain of 20th century; an animal from far lands that will become a symbol of the Second Spanish Republic, the communist movement and many other things; a royal hunting that marks the beginning of a bizarre story of jealousy, passion, political intrigues and taxidermy.
Screenplay
Tipo
A woman enters a restaurant one morning - only to be met with silence instead of people talking.
Writer
A woman enters a restaurant one morning - only to be met with silence instead of people talking.
Director
A woman enters a restaurant one morning - only to be met with silence instead of people talking.
Rubberface
Two disquieting characters dressed in rubber suits and wearing old rubber masks shoot peculiar movies in which they actually kill real people to attain a supposed satisfaction from the viewer.
Narrador
Palmer Eldritch wakes up in the morning and makes coffee, not knowing that he is trapped in a virtual reality world and without a clue about his true identity. Nacho Vigalondo's legendary sci-fi epic.
Writer
Palmer Eldritch wakes up in the morning and makes coffee, not knowing that he is trapped in a virtual reality world and without a clue about his true identity. Nacho Vigalondo's legendary sci-fi epic.
Director
Palmer Eldritch wakes up in the morning and makes coffee, not knowing that he is trapped in a virtual reality world and without a clue about his true identity. Nacho Vigalondo's legendary sci-fi epic.
Writer
Nacho Vigalondo himself teaches us a film lesson with only two elements: a cow and a "batball"
Director
Nacho Vigalondo himself teaches us a film lesson with only two elements: a cow and a "batball"
Nacho Vigalondo
Nacho Vigalondo himself teaches us a film lesson with only two elements: a cow and a "batball"
Director
Professional life savers who travel through time get stuck in the past.