Five stars. Only shock, and shock.
The title of this man from the earth is very interesting, it turns out that it is true, because from the earth of 14,000 years, that is an age that cannot be confirmed by modern science, and even then there is no modern concept of age and time.
What struck me the most was Jesus. But everything is the myth itself building its temple. There is a sentence in the film that history does not allow the existence of a vacuum.
Because history is not all real, history is memory and imagination, and it is an incomplete record. The difference between the recorder and the purpose of the record will lead to completely different results. Just like the question after question answered by John, the professors of various disciplines present were confused, suspicious, and even angry. Because John's "story" is really unfalsifiable, and it is all about challenging human consensus, ideas, and beliefs.
John's acquiescence that he "was" the part of Jesus is the most shocking part of the movie. Christian Eddie's foundations of faith were loosened, and she couldn't believe it. In the end John had to say he made it up, Eddie apparently went back to her devout Christian state and kissed John on the cheek when he said goodbye, I don't know if Eddie believed part of John's story in the back of his mind here, but This scene is really ironic.
One of the questions I'm most interested in is what wisdom a human being who has lived for 14,000 years will hold in his head. But then I gave myself an explanation that experience does not equal wisdom.
John seems to be saying something to himself, all he has is time. What is time, a product of modern civilization.
What revelation John's existence can bring us, we don't know. Every word of his has a deep meaning and is elusive. When the black brother lamented that humans have made the environment too bad, John said that humans still have time.
Perhaps, time itself is not wisdom, but the long time allowed John to see the laws of history, and grasping the most abstract laws is almost wisdom itself.
The biggest revelation from this film for me is whether, if John stood in front of me, I would believe what he said was inscrutable, or would I deny an unfalsifiable story in order to maintain my convictions.
To be or not to be, that is a question.
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