If I remember my history correctly suicide rose after the Catholic church made inroads into Europe preaching how wonderful the afterlife would be to the pagans if converted. Did anyone here see this movie?
24 January 2017
- By Sam Adams
The question most important to good science fiction isn’t “What if?” but “What then?” The premise of Charlie McDowell’s The Discovery – what if we knew the afterlife was real? – has naturally been getting much of the attention devoted to the film at Sundance. But it’s the way McDowell follows through on that idea, and how it might, or might not, change the world we know that puts The Discovery to the test.
If there’s another world why not get there as soon as you can?
The Discovery, which, like McDowell’s debut, The One I Love, he co-wrote with Justin Lader, opens with a jarring but gimmicky prologue. Thomas Harbor (Robert Redford), the scientist who has provided proof that there is some form of life after death, is in the midst of defending his findings to a TV interviewer (a far-too-brief appearance by Mary Steenburgen), when a member of her crew interrupts to blow his brains out on the air. But in contrast with last year’s twin Sundance entries about the on-camera suicide of Florida newscaster Christine Chubbuck, his action isn’t a protest so much as an invitation: if there’s another world, it can’t be worse than this one, so why not get there as soon as you can?
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20...e-discovery-explores-the-idea-of-an-afterlife