Producer Thanks Pirates For Stealing His Film or "The man from Earth"

[alexandral]

I came across The man from Earth in this article: Producer Thanks Pirates For Stealing His Film. This seemed to be an interesting attitude (and worthy of an applaud as far as I am concerned :D). The film is very thought-provoking. Cinematoraphy-wise it is fine, done in a way resembling a low-budget theatrical play (conversations mostly, no

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[alexandral]

well, humanity fixates, and among these people there were a couple that wanted to learn. The young girl and Dan were the most open, the most accepting.

Yes, there were some but not many. :D The girl was in love with John so I guess this helps..

I would vaguely "understand" the theologian lady who was offended by John's insistence that he was Jesus. But only from outside POV.. I am a Christian but when I hypothetically imagine myself in her position I would (after a certain period of checking his credentials) imagine myself exclaiming "EEEEE! Jesus! And you knew Buddha! And all religions are connected! EEE!". Because from the point of view of a person who believes in divine nature of things there are stacks of explanations that don't deny your faith but prove it instead. For one - Jesus is standing next to you and he is still alive and for the second - there is something "special" about John. But at the same time this is my own position and I understand that for others every aspect of their religion becomes something they don't want to challenge.
Update: I had a thought and I think it is silly for me to say that I know how I would behave in one or another situation. And even more - who am I to judge others?

What I understand less is the positions of the biologist and the historian. But I guess this is what you are saying.. "That would shake a lot of people, supposedly rational people depend more on their faith than they would admit, and they resent that being questioned." Yes, this crossed my mind before too. Even when people claim that they have a rational and logical approach to things there are sometimes areas that have become "faith" or "religion" of some kind. Some things we are not prepared to change or question. But still, these are scientists, people who are supposed to have an inquisitive mind..

I am not criticizing the characters in particular I just wish as humanity we could do better..

My apologies for lengthy ramblings. I hope you liked the film!

[alexandral]

Notice how she had very little trouble dealing with him saying that he had met Van Gogh.

I am forgetting some bits already :D. I think I think at the beginning she just thought this was a joke. I was expecting her to behave this way to some extent. The reaction of Art (historian) and Harry (psychologist) surprised me more.

sci-fi without any of the sci fi stuff'.

I hope they will never make a re-make (with flash-backs of John running after mammoths and escaping the cross in graphic detail). Sometimes is is so much better when some things are left to imagination.

[alexandral]

and Harry enjoyed quite a bit of it.

He certainly did. I also thought he was (successfully) playing Edith and John's son, making (to some extent) them react the way they did. May be because he was used to be the "alpha" of this circle?

I don't think that Bixby's son would let anyone remake it

I honestly hope so, the film is good as it is. The only minus of the film I felt and still feel is that I would have expected John to have more concern for his colleagues. I didn't understand why in all these thousands of years he didn't try to find out why he is the way he is. May be others could live forever too?

[alexandral]

Yes, I expect him to get tired of the same things happening again and again in his 140 thousand years. But stiil - 140 years? In such a long time may he could have developed the "eternal life" vaccine?

PS: If it is fine - Can I add your LJ to my friends list? I am having a great discussion and I noticed some fabulous fan-fiction in your LJ I want to keep the track of. It is totally fine if you say no and there isn't any other obligation attached.

[alexandral]

Even if he did try to develop the vaccine, it didn't seem to work on his own children- Will was his son, but he was suffering from medical problems, so I bet that John realized there was no guarantee that his blood, or genetic advantage would be passed along.

Oh yes, go right ahead, and I shall add you to my list. :) I too love good discussions.

[alexandral]

It seems that the film was more about the reaction of John's friends than about looking for explanations..

Thank you!!!!!!!!