What are you watching?

Watching Finding Altamira

A somewhat fictionalised account of true events in the late 1870s.

Cave art has always been a great interest of mine, right from early childhood.

This film echoes some of the topics on this forum: scepticism, ridicule, fraud, attempted debunking... Some visually powerful scenes, though the family arguments are not really why I watched it.

In the UK at least, streaming free on
https://rakuten.tv/uk/movies/finding-altamira

https://www.britannica.com/place/Altamira

I just noticed a drama series on BBC TV entitled "Life After Life". Based on a novel of that title by  Kate Atkinson.

At first I thought it was a story about reincarnation. Maybe it is - I haven't watched it yet. However I get the impression that it is more like "Groundhog Day" or possibly Andrew Peake's idea of living the same life over and over.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p...after-life
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bqjrnm

I did wonder whether this might represent a small shift in the BBC stance which sooner or later ought to catch up with the views of the (potential) audience. Anything which represents something more than the physical without presenting it as either religion or horror would be progress.

I did wonder whether this might represent a small shift in the BBC stance which sooner or later ought to catch up with the views of the (potential) audience. Anything which represents something more than the physical without presenting it as either religion or horror would be progress.

The seventies were really good for that with series such as Children Of The Stones, Sapphire And Steel, The Changes etc.  People then were exploring all kinds of ideas but somehow people became more conservative again.  Maybe we just need a new angle on things.

The seventies were really good for that with series such as Children Of The Stones, Sapphire And Steel, The Changes etc.  People then were exploring all kinds of ideas but somehow people became more conservative again.  Maybe we just need a new angle on things.

By the way, I didn't intend to denigrate religion as such. Just that in the recent past, serious and legitimate research has tended to not be given credit as such. As you rightly point out, there were times a few years earlier when there was more flexibility on these things. Even documentaries covered a range of interesting topics.

By the way, I didn't intend to denigrate religion as such.

I know   I agree with you that it always seems to default to that or to horror.  Even the "paranormal" stuff when they show it is scripted, contrived and untrustworthy.

Saw Red Rooms....a fascinating examination/critique with how "true cime" as a genre can be voyeuristic. The lead actress did an incredible job IMO.

While no violence is actually shown on screen [& even audio is brief moments], thankfully, it remained incredibly disturbing. Perhaps more so b/c the actors have to sell the horror without copious amount of fake gore.

Highly recommend, but it is definitely a horror movie for how disturbing [its] content is. Even the trailer gives too much away so [I'd avoid it].

Saw Red Rooms....a fascinating examination/critique with how "true cime" as a genre can be voyeuristic. The lead actress did an incredible job IMO.

While no violence is actually shown on screen [& even audio is brief moments], thankfully, it remained incredibly disturbing. Perhaps more so b/c the actors have to sell the horror without copious amount of fake gore.

Highly recommend, but it is definitely a horror movie for how disturbing [its] content is. Even the trailer gives too much away so here's one of the ads ->

I was once browsing in a library, and turned and saw a man who had his eyes at different levels - just like the image you showed. I have a feeling there was also more wrong with his face. I jumped and he walked off, I should have gone up to him and apologised, but I didn't.

David

I was once browsing in a library, and turned and saw a man who had his eyes at different levels - just like the image you showed. I have a feeling there was also more wrong with his face. I jumped and he walked off, I should have gone up to him and apologised, but I didn't.

David

Unfortunate but I suspect this is a natural biological reaction. 

In the past I’ve tried to “see the soul” as an effortful practice, to try and negate the instinctual reaction to appearance, which is probably the right path to get back on…

I was once browsing in a library, and turned and saw a man who had his eyes at different levels - just like the image you showed. I have a feeling there was also more wrong with his face. I jumped and he walked off, I should have gone up to him and apologised, but I didn't.

David

The surprising thing is that that image has been created by a rather obvious image manipulation. The right hand half of the image has been turned upside down and the join has been blurred. I would have thought something a little more subtle could have been performed.

David