A college professor is hosting a small get-together before relocating to undisclosed environs. As a group of friends and colleagues arrive to bid him farewell, he proceeds to engage them in a hypothetical conversation. What might a man born 14,000 years ago have experienced, and who might he be presently? He ultimately divulges that he IS that man, and as questions from the skeptical guests are met with rational, plausible answers and staid sincerity, some in the group become convinced. His story is achingly poignant, touching on matters of love and loss, epochal disasters, and man's inhumanity to man. Feathers get even more ruffled when he proclaims that he was, in fact, Jesus Christ.
Thought provoking academic double-Dutch from the fertile mind of JEROME BIXBY, who spent thirty years writing the screenplay, completing it just weeks before his death. Shot on a miniscule budget($200,000), it became something of an internet phenomenon due to widespread piracy, and is roundly held in very high regard. I find it somewhat overrated as a film, but there's certainly quite a lot to like in the core concept. I'd opine that it's probably best enjoyed by those somewhat more lettered in the historical timelines of art, language, and technology, as that is where the story's foundations lie. I also found the Christ angle a bit deflating, as it steers the proceedings into a mire of touchy ontological philosophies. All things considered, it's a unique little thinkin' feller's sci-fi effort, regardless of its sometimes quasi-intellectual vagary. You can watch an authorized upload free on Youtube.
Thought provoking academic double-Dutch from the fertile mind of JEROME BIXBY, who spent thirty years writing the screenplay, completing it just weeks before his death. Shot on a miniscule budget($200,000), it became something of an internet phenomenon due to widespread piracy, and is roundly held in very high regard. I find it somewhat overrated as a film, but there's certainly quite a lot to like in the core concept. I'd opine that it's probably best enjoyed by those somewhat more lettered in the historical timelines of art, language, and technology, as that is where the story's foundations lie. I also found the Christ angle a bit deflating, as it steers the proceedings into a mire of touchy ontological philosophies. All things considered, it's a unique little thinkin' feller's sci-fi effort, regardless of its sometimes quasi-intellectual vagary. You can watch an authorized upload free on Youtube.
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