X-Message-Number: 25610 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:03:16 -0500 From: Randolfe Wicker <> Subject: Demonization of cryonics and life extension. Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In the USA, we saw a movie on The Sundance Channel that had gotten very good reviews. I'll post the description at the end of this post. As the plot unfolds, this fellow switches between seeing himself disfigured and believing his handsome face has been restored. This leaves the audience confused. Finally, all roads lead to a "Life Extension" corporate headquarters in a very tall office building. Here, they practice and preach cryonics and memory manipulation. It was ultimately a demonization of both cryonics and life extension. The man in charge tells the disfigured/now restored (?) man that his disfigurement was never really cured, that after 150 years in suspension they had connected his previous memories in such a way that all reality was really an illusion. Did anyone see this film? What did you think of it? OPEN YOUR EYES directed by Alejandro Amenor World Cinema Appeared at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival A handsome Don Juan finds his life a living nightmare in Alejandro Amenabar's intriguing genre-bender that crosses science fiction, horror and psychological thriller. No sooner has Cor (Eduardo Noriega) met the woman of his dreams (Penope Cruz), than a jilted ex (Najwa Nimri) decides to wreak revenge in a car accident that leaves Cor permanently disfigured. Alas, that's only the beginning of Cor's problems: there is also a mysterious murder charge and an increasing difficulty distinguishing reality from dreams. Be prepared for a wild and twisty ride in this sexy, challenging and philosophical puzzlebox that the Washington Post likened to "a Spanish version of The Matrix." R (AC, AL, N, V) Subtitles (1997) Color (119 mins) Randolfe H. Wicker Founder, Clone Rights United Front www.clonerights.com Spokesperson, Reproductive Cloning Network, www.reproductivecloning.net Correspondent, , StemClone Digest, www.StemCloneDigest.com Advisor, The Immortality Institute, www.imminst.org 201-656-3280 (Mornings) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25610