(P)review: The Nature of Existence (Jason Wiener)
Posted by Jason Wiener
Originally posted on Jason Watches Movies:
Cinequest closes on Sunday, March 8 with The Nature of Existence, and so far it’s the movie I’m most looking forward to seeing again. That’s because it’s so far ranging, so ambitious, and so all-encompassing that it’s impossible to digest it all in one screening (for that matter, it contains so many contrary viewpoints it might never be possible to digest). Read more
Tags: closing night, CQ19, DOCUMENTARY, Roger Nygard, THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE.
5Q: ROGER NYGARD / THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE
Posted by CQ Central
Roger Nygard
1Q: Tell us a little about the origins of The Nature of Existence, from concept to financing.
The concept for the movie has been gestating since I was seven years old and began to suspect that adults and authority figures were lying to me about some things (e.g., Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, etc.).
Then in college I encountered my first evangelists, called The Destroyers, who came to the University of Minnesota campus each year to get in the students’ faces and yell that they’re going to Hell for listening to rock music and drinking beer. Their approach, that the Truth could be found in a book written in ancient times, was diametrically opposed to the scientific method being taught in school, that the truth has to be approached through verifiable, repeatable experiments. Read more
Tags: closing night, CQ19, DOCUMENTARY, Roger Nygard, THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE.
CQ’s Closing Night: THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE
Posted by CQ Central
From SFGate:
Roger Nygard knows all about belief systems, life philosophies and zealots. After all, he made two documentaries about “Star Trek” fans, “Trekkies” and “Trekkies 2.” Consider him, then, fully prepared to tackle world religion in his globe-trotting documentary, “The Nature of Existence,” which will have its world premiere Sunday on the closing night of the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose.
Tags: closing night, CQ19, DOCUMENTARY, Roger Nygard, THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE.