The Last and First Men: existential sci-fi film by Jóhann Jóhannsson

We find ourselves filled, in spite of everything, with a triumphant love of our fate.

Olaf Stapledon

The Last and First Men, a film based on the book by Olaf Stapledon, is the sort of brooding, grey on black meditation on human existence that plunges me into silence. The good silence of death and resurrection, rather than the drowning silence of depression.

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The Matrix spiritual message with a sci-fi punch

The Matrix (1999) — Though its award winning special effects are now common place, a Google search for “The Matrix spiritual message” generates 6.5 million results some 20 years after its release.  Stunning action sequences combine with the heady sci-fi premise that humans live in a illusory world concocted by their machine overlords.  These mental munchies provide a feast for spiritual nerds. Continue reading “The Matrix spiritual message with a sci-fi punch”

Blade Runner: Asking if androids dream of electric sheep

Blade Runner (1982)

Harrison Ford as a film noir detective of the future whose job is to hunt renegade androids. With only a four-year lifespan, a group of androids led by Roy (Rutger Hauer) battles against time to find their maker (must we all?). Continue reading “Blade Runner: Asking if androids dream of electric sheep”