Creation (The Film)

[Chimpa]

Now, don't worry, this isn't yet another topic about whether or not the members of The Escapist believe in the ideals published in the Origin of Species. What I would however would like to know is people's thoughts on the reception of Jon Amiel's new film Creation, or in fact lack there-of, in the United States.

For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, the British Director, Jon Amiel directed a film based on the life of Darwin, surrounding his moral battle concerning whether or not he should publish origin of species, both because of the reception he knew it would receive, and the desire to not push away his wife, who turned to religion after the death of their child.

Specifically, even with the film's stellar reception both at it's premier at the Toronto Film Festival, and subsequent showings around the world; American distributors have refused to take on the film because of the 'contravertial' subject matter found in the film. Do you, the people of the escapist find this concept as ridiculous as I do?

Article on the matter can be found below:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212966/New-Charles-Darwin-film-controversial-American-audiences.html

 

[Chimpa]

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1794703897/

 

[Avaholic03]

Yeah, I think it's ridiculous for distributors to be concerned about what is "controversial". Those kind of movies usually stir up the most publicity and get people to buy/rent them out of morbid curiosity. It's like the distributors have a fear of money or something.

Hell, they distributed all the half-truth movies Michael Moore put out. Those were pretty controversial. Why not this?

And people still argue that the media in the US is "liberal". HA.

 

[Last of the Chinchillas]

Sometimes, I really want to set fire to this country and just burn the stupid out of my homeland.

We can have Mel Gibson's bloody and insanely religious Passion of the Christ in theaters and Bill Maher's Religulous doing its best to try and make everyone with some kind of faith out to be a complete idiot, but we can't have a movie about Charles Darwin?

*Lights blow torch*

 

[Chimpa]

Apparantally the people of the escapist don't care eh? Typical.