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    I was thinking about Spaceweaver’s post about immortality and remembered that in the early 80’s I was introduced to the book and film “The man who fell to Earth”.

    Not only because of David Bowie (who I was immersing into music, work and discovering his interesting personality in that moment) but because of strange and beautiful story about an extraterrestrial who (as the title says) fell to Earth seeking for a way to load water to his dried and almost dead planet.



    Even today is quite amazing how this science fiction story written in 1963 has this issues like climate changes, nuclear wars, drought, recycling, technology and much more. I do recommend the book and the film!



    By the way Spaceweaver, he doesn’t age but I have to check if he was immortal watching the film again.
    I just remember his … and ...
    I won’t tell!
    ;-)

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    Spaceweaver     Thu, Jul 17, 2008  Permanent link
    This movie is of course well remembered :-) The very clear experience that went with me for so many years since I have seen it, is how brutally can humans become towards an experience, idea or a living intelligent being that shakes, disturbs or challenges the foundations of their world view. There was something profoundly sad about that movie.
    ParanoidMystic     Thu, Jul 17, 2008  Permanent link
    Love this film.

    Have you read V.A.L.I.S. by PKD? It's all about this movie, or so I've heard.
    meganmay     Thu, Jan 14, 2010  Permanent link
    I just found this post google searching man who fell to earth images. haha, first time such a loop back to space collective has occurred for me form the wider web. I feel like it led me home.

    I love VALIS

    Spaceweaver, precisely my reasons for searching for an image in the first place

    Excellent.
    Spaceweaver     Fri, Jan 22, 2010  Permanent link
    It seems the man from the stars keeps falling on us time and again. :-) Perhaps inviting us to jold back this terrible habit of imposing the limitations of our perception on anything which is other, unknown or just not fit at the moment...
     
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