What the Bleep...?

Therese Fitzpatrick theresefitz at hotmail.com
Mon Sep 20 12:23:13 PDT 2004


What the bleep is definitely a 'commercially made film'.  The makers have an
agenda, to be sure, but the people behind the film are film industry
professionals.  The marketing for this film, which is not backed by a studio
and does not have normal film industry distributorship, is very savvy,
effective marketing.

I heard about this film on this list back in the spring.  It started showing
in Seattle in the late spring and I saw it right away.  I am happy to see
the ideas in the film getting out into the world but there was nothing in
the film that was new to me.  I don't claim, of course, to have advanced
knowledge of quantum physics but I've actually read a few books about the
new physics.

This film actually made me uneasy.  After seeing it, I did a bit of research
and it turns out that the people behind the film are all very serious
devotes of JD Knight, who channels an ancient spirit called Ramtha.  JD
Knight was a strong presence in the film, too.  I concluded, and this is my
idiosyncratic, unprofessional and nonquantifiable opinion, that the film is
actually JD Knight/Ramtha propaganda carefully spun with new physics; that
the film is really about proselytizing JD Knight's ideas.

Is there something wrong with proselytizing JD Knight's ideas?  No, not to
me.

I believe the people behind the film really do want to get out new ways of
viewing reality.  I believe the science presented in the film has support
from experts like the people in the film.  I even can accept that a woman
named JD Knight channels beings from other realms of reality.

But there is something about hidden agendas that always leave me uneasy.  I
am made even uneasier when people think the film is 'not commercial'.  The
people who made this movie intend for it to make money. . . isn't that
commercial?

Just thinking aloud.  If you read my thoughts and are irritated, I don't
exepct anyone to agree with me.  I didn't mention the film on this list
after I saw it because of my uneasiness but now that it has popped up again,
I felt like I had to share my thoughts.


>From: Joelle Lyons Everett <JLEShelton at aol.com>
>Reply-To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>Subject: Re: What the Bleep...?
>Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:18:17 EDT
>
>Marei--
>
>"
>What the Bleep. . ."   is not a commercially made film.   It was
made
>independently by a group in Oregon, and initially was shown in a few
theaters on the
>West Coast of the U.S.   Because it has been successful in those few
places,
>they now are extending their distribution to many theaters in the U.S.
(I think
>they are using a digital process for distribution, which makes it
affordable
>for smaller theaters.)
>
>So, it may be a while before it reaches Europe.   But if you know
someone who
>has a small theater in your area, maybe it could be arranged to show it
>there.
>
>I've not seen it yet myself, as we have not been going to Seattle very
often
>recently.
>
>Joelle Everett
>Shelton, Washington, USA
>
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