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Paolo
post Jan 10 2010, 10:03 AM
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I saw yesterday the movie "Agora" about the life (and death) of the female astronomer Hypatia of Alexandria.
Beside the movie itself, that I found not exceptional, [EDIT] what I found amusing was to discover that the writers must have been influenced by Carl Sagan for the script.
Not only is the death of Hypatia linked in the movie to the destruction of the library of Alexandria (this is not done by any of the historical sources, only by Sagan himself in "Cosmos") but in a scene of a particularly violent slaughter, we see Earth from far away, and we hear the cries of the ones being slaughtered as a background for the peaceful "small blue dot"
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post Jan 10 2010, 04:47 PM
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So if you were a afraid of seeing that movie again in a large public place, could we say you have Agoraphobia?


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post Jan 10 2010, 05:07 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 10 2010, 05:47 PM) *
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I thought I had not discussed it...
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post Jan 10 2010, 06:02 PM
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QUOTE (Paolo @ Jan 10 2010, 12:07 PM) *
I thought I had not discussed it...
I bet you opened the door a crack though. laugh.gif
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- - ElkGroveDan   So if you were a afraid of seeing that movie again...   Jan 10 2010, 04:47 PM
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- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Paolo @ Jan 10 2010, 12:07 PM) I t...   Jan 10 2010, 06:02 PM

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