A viewer emailed us asking if we wouldn’t mind alerting our vast armada of fans to his short film project on Kickstarter, Genesis 51:33-51, that “explores the relationship between God and evil.” As a film person who is myself about to explore the hazardous world of getting my own documentary project off the ground, I am simpatico. Good luck to Mr. Rogers.
Jul 12 2011
A humanist short film
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Shannon Kish
July 12, 2011 at 9:30 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I wish either the website or this opener gave a bit more information about the film- plot- or something.
Dances_with_the_beast
July 12, 2011 at 9:51 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Read Genesis 51:33-51 for the plot
Martin
July 12, 2011 at 11:13 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Genesis only has 50 chapters, so I suspect the title might hint at a mystery in the plot.
Lukas
July 13, 2011 at 6:53 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I seem to see more and more of these crowdfunded projects lately. SMBC comes to mind, for one. I wonder if this will really take off as a viable method for getting money for outside-the-mainstream projects.
RogersK
July 15, 2011 at 8:14 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Shannon,I'm Kyle, the writer/director of Genesis 51:33-51. I did struggle with how much to give away and how much to conceal in the pseudo-trailer; but I think more important than the plot are the ideas behind the film, namely these theses:1. The existence of God is irrelevant to ethics2. The arguments for the existence of God are as equally valid for an all-evil God as they are for a supposedly "good" God3. Even if there is a God, that does not necessitate that it is a God that should be followed (for instance, let's assume that Westboro is right and "God hates f*gs"; in that case, why would you follow that God?)Now, at the same time, I want the film to be engaging, interesting, tense, and fun! It's a little difficult to get all of this across in something as limited as a Kickstarter video, and it's pretty much set in stone at this point and with so little time left; we can still alter the text beneath it, though, so if you have any suggestions on how you think it should be improved, I'd certainly be interested!Thanks,Kyle
Dances_with_the_beast
July 16, 2011 at 4:28 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
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