Posted by PS on June 12, 2003 at 12:48:13:
In Reply to: giveawayboy's world: let's chat -- long posted by giveawayboy on June 12, 2003 at 04:17:08:
: Did you all see DONNIE DARKO? Wow!
Great flick. I bought the DVD a few weeks ago. I originally avoided it because it looked like your typical teen scream flick (in the way it was marketed). In truth, it is nothing like this genre at all. It fits better in the alternate reality genre, but with some interesting twists. It is important to watch the deleted scenes on the DVD (there are about twenty of them) as they contain MUCH of the point of the movie. Most of the religious dialogue and significance was edited out. Now go figure why they did that. Probably the same reason some imbecil decided to market the flick like Scream 3. ;-)
: One thing I want to learn more about is THE AXIAL PERIOD in history. Anyone know about it?
If you mean the Axial Age from about 800 BCE to 200 BCE, where we see the rise of transcendental religions all over the globe, I can help. I will cover this in class for you all. The term Axial Age was coined by Karl Jaspers (1883-1973) in The Origin and Goal of History (1949).