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Movies with conscious creation-related themes fared well once again at this year’s Oscars ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday night. There weren’t many surprises, however, with front-running nominees taking home most of the awards as expected.
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Who would have thought that a silent, black-and-white film would stand a chance in today’s demanding movie market? But the decision to go with it has paid off handsomely in terms of critical acclaim and numerous accolades.
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Perhaps forcing viewers to consider this unnerving possibility is the point of this film, pushing us to examine a consciously created probability that’s just as valid (even if not as palatable) as all the others we might manifest for ourselves. Then again, given the dispiriting nature of this picture, one might also wonder why anybody would want to sit through a two-hour exploration of the idea that “life sucks and then you die.”
Tags: "Another Earth", "Melancholia", acceptance, Alexander Skarsgård, apocalypse, archetype, Armageddon, Brent Marchant, Cannes Film Festival, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling, close encounter, country club, Death, depression, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, end of the world, estate, false hope, fantasy, Film, five stages of dying, gateway, hope, Ingmar Bergman, John Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Lars von Trier, Liebestod, life, love death, Movies, night sky, Opportunity, pathos, prologue, Richard Wagner, rogue planet, science fiction, stars, transition, Tristan und Isolde, wedding reception
As ascendant beings who ultimately seek the source from which we came, not unlike the trees that so patiently yet determinedly reach for the life-sustaining sunlight of the sky, we’re innately committed to the search for meaningful guidance that will assist us in this journey.
Tags: "2001: A Space Odyssey", "The Tree of Life", Brad Pitt, Brent Marchant, Cannes Film Festival, compassion, conscious creation, dinosaurs, divine feminine, divine masculine, evolution, God, Hunter McCracken, Jessica Chastain, Meaning, nonphysical world, Palme d'Or, physical world, religion, Sean Penn, Spirituality, Stanley Kubrick, state of grace, state of nature, stunning images, Terrence Malick, Texas
“Amreeka” (2009). Cast: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Yussef Abu Warda, Joseph Ziegler, Alia Shawkat, Jenna Kawar, Selena Haddad, Andrew Sannie, Daniel Boiteau, Brodie Sanderson, Glen Thompson, Miriam Smith. Director: Cherien Dabis. Screenplay: Cherien Dabis. www.amreeka.com. Anyone who has ever gone hunting for a new house or apartment knows how taxing it can be [...]
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