X-Message-Number: 12139 From: (Randy) Subject: Re: CryoNet #12138 Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:32:33 GMT References: <> On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 05:00:03 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >CryoNet - Fri 16 Jul 1999 > > #12138: Possible Cyronics Documentary [Shane Brubaker] > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message #12138 >From: "Shane Brubaker" <> >Subject: Possible Cyronics Documentary >Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:43:39 PDT > > Sunny Menon, an independent film producer, is currently considering a >documentary on Cryonics (and mind uploading). I think this will present a >great opportunity to spread the word and for both of us to learn more about >the field. > > Mr. Menon has a strong background in films and theatre to his credit. He >has been interviewed on Indian television for a recent documentary. >Articles on the only film ever made on the subject appeared in various >newspapers here in the west. > I have a life-long interest in Cryonics (yes I'll be signing up soon) and >a background that includes Neuroscience, brain imaging, and Information >Theory. I am particulary interested in uploading the Information contained >in the (probably) frozen brain. > > 1. We would like to hear from anyone who would be interested in being >involved in the project. If you have any ideas for interesting >people/places/things for the film, please let us know. > > 2. I realize there have been a few documentaries on Cryonics. What is >your opinion on the value of making another documentary? What angle(s) >would you like to see emphasized? Yes, in the documentary there should be some input from the "other side," i.e., a mainstream cryobiologist (and something substantive, too, not just the standard one-line rejection; but it would be nice if afterward the cryonicists could *answer* back; in fact why not have a back-and-forth dialogue between the sides? ************************************************ Randy Cryonics: Gateway to the Future? http://www.mindspring.com/~cryon/cryonics/cryopage1.html Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12139