Episode #18: What We Choose to Believe About Prometheus

Ridley Scott’s return to science fiction is not only one of the most anticipated films of the year - a prequel to Alien - but it also attempts to address deep philosophical and religious questions. Can a film be an action blockbuster and a successful cosmological treatise?

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - Show intro. Who is Robert Bresson?
4:43 - Bresson’s style: acting, visual style, and sound
8:28 - Editing and elliptical narration
15:44 - Defamiliarization and a tale that’s been often told
20:22 - Confusion and doubt as a motif
25:55 - Historical romances as comments on the present age
30:51 - Questioning assumptions and filling in gaps
37:00 - Exit comments

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