Albert's review of the film "The Man from Earth"

                                  

                                       The Man from Earth

It's  a film directed by Richard Schenkman and written by Jerome Bixby. It's about a man who invites h friends into his house just before he leaves. The invitation was made, because the protagonist, John Oldman (David Lee Smeeth)as a historian on the film, wanted to have a last conversation with his co-workers on the field of science, the names of the invited people were the following: Dr. Will Gruber(Richard Riehle)as the psychiatrist, Harry(John Billingsley) as the biologist, Dan (Tony Todd) as an anthropologist, Art(William Katt)as a historian, Edith(Ellen Crawford)as an art expert, Linda(Alexis Thorpe) as a college student. John, started  the conversation by asking the following question:  “What if a man from the upper Paleolithic survived  until the present time” that question  was the start of an astonishing dialogue between the leading actor, and the rest of the actors within the room. Everyone was stating his/her own opinion ,mainly based on their academic knowledge, but also on their experience, for instance Harry the biologist, regarding to the possibility of someone being able to live more years than most humans, says “Waste accumulates, eventually proves fatal to function. Now if a quirk in his immune system led to perfect detox…” After a certain point of the conversation, John started claiming of being that kind of man in other words, an immortal, the rest of the group was quite skeptical and unwilling to accept the thought of John being a deathless person. Slowly, as the conversation was progressing, John's friends started believing his well-formed arguments about his true identity, probably because his great historical knowledge offered a great advantage on doing that. But, there was a moment when John was trying to present himself as  great figure of history and religion of the world, that someone was Jesus, and right at that time, John's friends and especially Edith, started being disturbed  of what she have heard, because she was religious. The conversation continues and it ends with a surprisingly admirable story.

The reason that made me chose the film:

This film shows how powerful and profitable can knowledge be, especially when you're using it for your own sake. It has elements of science fiction, philosophy, biology etc that made the plot of the film quite interesting for the viewer to listen to what the actors had to say about the subject. It's also nice to see a film making such a good job with a low budget, essentially there 8 actors in a small room having a sophisticated conversation without the stereotypical visual & sound effects.One of the crucial  messages that this films delivers to the audience is how important life is to humans,to the moral creatures.It has basically elevated the value of life, to a point that somehow, it has deeply inspired the viewer towards to the appreciation of life.

The reason why I am recommending this film to my classmate is the following:

Those who love films in general,and especially  science fiction movies, they should watch “The Man from Earth" because it offers a well written plot with the support of the fine acting that the actors have done. It could immediately, make you interested to know what John as the apologist of his position has to say about it, but in the meanwhile you'll be  wanting to hear & see about  what the friends of John's are going to say or even do. The style of this specific  film, might look quite dissimilar to the  regular, typical  sci-fi films. However, it leaves you with a notion of satisfaction. As a result of the extraordinary scenario, you  will stay on the edge of your seat. The main structure of this film is the dialogue, they have invested a lot on that matter, people who are looking for a nicely done, and rich dialogue, this is the right film. So, it has to do with your film  preferences, and priorities, whether you do prefer to watch a semi science fiction film or not, and which kind of sci-fi films you find likable to spectacle.

Video: Unfortunately, due to the non authorization, I wasn't allowed to post this video. But, I could post a link of the video, thus you could watch it  via the You tube's website. >The Man from Earth" Trailer


Sources: (Despite the film itself)  IMDB , Wikipedia, Youtube