Yahoo posted this today, by way of Dangerous Minds posting it Monday, but this is just one of those weird things found on YouTube, and it’s pretty fascinating. Being a fan of all things Bill Murray (and Dan Aykroyd), I’ve always tried to study up on even their smallest works. But even I’ve never seen NOTHING LASTS FOREVER… until now. Made in 1984 by Tom Schiller, who used to make short films for Saturday Night Live, the feature-length film (a sort of sci-fi comedy that pays homage to old 1950s sci-fi films) was rather unusual even for that era. I saw some weird films in the early 80s, but I’m not sure how I would have reacted to NOTHING LASTS FOREVER in 1984, the same year GHOSTBUSTERS was raking in the box office bucks in a big way. If you recognize the name Tom Schiller it may be because he was the man responsible for the “Schiller’s Reel” features on SNL, which as Yahoo points out was a sort of pre-cursor to what we now know as “SNL Digital Shorts.” Apparently NOTHING LASTS FOREVER did have a test screening, but MGM never released it for regular moviegoers in the United States, and it’s not currently available in any home video format. But the Internet knows and sees all, and YouTube has the full film posted.
The cast includes Zach Galligan (GREMLINS), Lauren Tom, Imogene Coca, Mort Sahl and Eddie Fisher (as himself), in addition to Murray and Aykroyd. So you know, the bigger names aren’t in it a lot, but it’s fun seeing them pop up when they do. The film itself is quite strange, in which Galligan plays an aspiring artist that moves to New York City and faces government opposition. It eventually leads to a bus trip to the moon… I’ve said too much, you just have to watch it. The folks at Dangerous Minds likened the experience to “Terry Gilliam’s Brazil… with a hefty dollop of Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 thrown in for good measure.” Tom Schiller told the AV Club in 2010 that Warner Bros. is “always threatening” a DVD release, so who knows, maybe one day this will be “officially” available to buy. It should also be noted that Murray was quoted to say that Schiller was “one of the few people I think of as being truly brilliant” and even said he hoped that at some point he’d make another movie. We’re warning you, this is weird stuff, but still worth a look just for nostalgia’s sake.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
