<DIV>We showed this film at the Be the Change event in London in May. Most people thought the film is great. </DIV>
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<DIV>Interesting to see the background to it. </DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/falsani/cst-nws-fals27.html">http://www.suntimes.com/output/falsani/cst-nws-fals27.html</A></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://skepdic.com/channel.html">http://skepdic.com/channel.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>I suppose it is irritating that the JZ Knight connection was not more explicit. And even more irritating if this diminishes the credibility of the other elements of the film. Its still a very positive input. I have passion and responsibility for what they are saying and its good news if somebody has found a way to 'market' messages that are currently not given access to mainstream media. </DIV>
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<DIV>I hope that Goa is wonderful for all of you who are there</DIV>
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<DIV>Colin Morley<BR><BR><B><I>Therese Fitzpatrick <theresefitz@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">What the bleep is definitely a 'commercially made film'. The makers have an<BR>agenda, to be sure, but the people behind the film are film industry<BR>professionals. The marketing for this film, which is not backed by a studio<BR>and does not have normal film industry distributorship, is very savvy,<BR>effective marketing.<BR><BR>I heard about this film on this list back in the spring. It started showing<BR>in Seattle in the late spring and I saw it right away. I am happy to see<BR>the ideas in the film getting out into the world but there was nothing in<BR>the film that was new to me. I don't claim, of course, to have advanced<BR>knowledge of quantum physics but I've actually read a few books about the<BR>new physics.<BR><BR>This film actually made me uneasy. After seeing it, I did a bit of research<BR>and it turns out that the people behind the film are all very serious<BR>devotes
of JD Knight, who channels an ancient spirit called Ramtha. JD<BR>Knight was a strong presence in the film, too. I concluded, and this is my<BR>idiosyncratic, unprofessional and nonquantifiable opinion, that the film is<BR>actually JD Knight/Ramtha propaganda carefully spun with new physics; that<BR>the film is really about proselytizing JD Knight's ideas.<BR><BR>Is there something wrong with proselytizing JD Knight's ideas? No, not to<BR>me.<BR><BR>I believe the people behind the film really do want to get out new ways of<BR>viewing reality. I believe the science presented in the film has support<BR>from experts like the people in the film. I even can accept that a woman<BR>named JD Knight channels beings from other realms of reality.<BR><BR>But there is something about hidden agendas that always leave me uneasy. I<BR>am made even uneasier when people think the film is 'not commercial'. The<BR>people who made this movie intend for it to make money. . . isn't
that<BR>commercial?<BR><BR>Just thinking aloud. If you read my thoughts and are irritated, I don't<BR>exepct anyone to agree with me. I didn't mention the film on this list<BR>after I saw it because of my uneasiness but now that it has popped up again,<BR>I felt like I had to share my thoughts.<BR><BR><BR>>From: Joelle Lyons Everett <JLEShelton@aol.com><BR>>Reply-To: OSLIST <OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU><BR>>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR>>Subject: Re: What the Bleep...?<BR>>Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:18:17 EDT<BR>><BR>>Marei--<BR>><BR>>"<BR>>What the Bleep. . ." is not a commercially made film. It was<BR>made<BR>>independently by a group in Oregon, and initially was shown in a few<BR>theaters on the<BR>>West Coast of the U.S. Because it has been successful in those few<BR>places,<BR>>they now are extending their distribution to many theaters in the U.S.<BR>(I think<BR>>they are using a digital process for distribution,
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