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The Nature of Existence Review

Despite the host being terribly boring, this is still a mildly interesting documentary, but only because it would be hard for this subject matter to not elicit one or two intriguing opinions. However, there was no reason to talk to the "folk artist" about his broken tractor and alligators. Nor do I think the Christian wrestler or the drag racer serve any purpose other than showing some people apply their faith in strange and prosaic ways. These kinds of interviews don't add to the discussion about the nature of existence; they are simply short biographies on people who believe things without giving any good reason to believe them.
If I made a documentary about global warming, I wouldn't include an interview of a farmer who just says, "I'm a farmer and global warming is true." It's irrelevant. In the same vein, filming your obviously-coached neighbor's 7th-grade daughter makes your film seem amateurish and cheesy.
Then there's the goofy man "Aha" who answers "Where do the voices in our head (like our conscience) come from"? with: "From the place where the birds make their sound." Aha is an unkempt, obese, "awakened being" who has several props like a crystal cane, an ankh cross, bead necklace and tarot cards. The filmmaker speaks briefly to scientists like Dawkins and Susskind and skeptic Dr. Shermer but most of the conversations are either with spiritual figures or complete laypersons who give one-liners and there's often no follow-up question to elaborate on what their platitudes mean. E.g., "Truth is what the Torah says." Gee, that's profound.
My biggest criticism of film making in this style is that too often, directors try to cram in dozens of interviews instead of having a few good ones. When someone says something like "Electrons don't really exist," the filmmaker should ask for deeper explanation. Otherwise, it's like saying "Parthenogenesis is possible," and then moving on to another question. I think it's better to watch a debate online between, say, Hitchens and David Wolpe or Sam Harris and Deepak Chopra, because at least there is an opportunity to elaborate on claims with deeper explanation.
Overall, this documentary does not add anything original or particularly memorable to the conversation about the nature of existence. This filmmaker's final statement is something akin to "No one knows anything for sure about existence, but learning is fun and we should keep trying to figure out why we're all here."

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Studio: Channel Sources DistRelease Date: 12/14/2010Run time: 94 minutes

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