Presented in the style of traditional rocknroll tour films, this film joins dawkins and. Synopsis renowned scientists richard dawkins and lawrence krauss cross the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world. Ian mcewan one of the most celebrated writers of our time, british author ian mcewan is a bestselling novelist, shortstory writer, and screenwriter. The film includes interviews with celebrities and other influential. Posted on 20140801 by saints and sceptics graham features on the unbelievable show on saturday 3rd august, discussing the film the unbelievers with its director and producer gus holwerda. Click here to read part one of this interview with unbelievers director gus holwerda. With ayaan hirsi ali, woody allen, richard dawkins, daniel c. The unbelievers follows renowned scientists richard dawkins and lawrence krauss across the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason encouraging others to cast off antiquated religious and in the modern world politically motivated approaches toward important current issuescover. Blasphemous to some, heroic to others, the weight of their message is impossible to ignore.
The unbelievers is a 20 documentary film that follows richard dawkins and lawrence krauss as they speak publicly around the globe about the importance of science and reason in the modern world, encouraging others to cast off religious and politically motivated approaches toward what they think to be important current issues. The american humanist association will be screening the unbelievers at our annual conference on thursday, may 7. Holwerda has constructed a film that merely resembles a promotional tour for mr. Woody allen, cameron diaz, stephen colbert, werner herzog, gus holwerda. Gus holwerda, the movies director and cowriter with his brother luke and dr. Renowned scientists richard dawkins and lawrence krauss cross the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world. Unbelievers is a 24 hour glimpse into what will be the darkest time in human history, never to be equaled again. Directed by gus holwerda, the film also features occasional. Scientists richard dawkins and lawrence krauss cross the globe to speak publicly about the importance of science and reason.
Lawrence krauss and the producers of the unbelievers talk about the film, the story of science, and the necessary discussions about skepticism in regard to. Gus holwerda, richard dawkins, lawrence krauss, ricky gervais, woody allen, cameron diaz, stephen colbert, werner herzog, stephen hawking. Follows renowned scientists richard dawkins and lawrence krauss across the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world. Rent the unbelievers 20 starring ricky gervais and bill pullman on dvd and bluray. Writer gus holwerda, luke holwerda, laurence krauss. Gus holwerdas documentary the unbelievers follows scientists lawrence krauss and richard dawkins as they speak at numerous public events about the need to confront global issues with a rationality that is unaffected by traditional religious beliefs or political ideology. The unbelievers is a 20 documentary that follows professor dawkins and professor krauss as they go on tour across sydney, phoenix, and london, speaking at packed auditoriums, appearing on television and radio programs, and having brief discussions with one another along the way. Krauss, said he got the idea after attending a symposium in 2009 on the subject of origins, organized by dr. It asks you to think for yourself and not just take holy books as the only answer to. Nearly seven years after the fulfillment of an apocalyptic bible prophecy, the desolate war torn world has become a place where nonconformity means certain death.
Film making brothers gus holwerda and luke holwerda saw this and decided to produce a film that looks and feels like a rock documentary. The unbelievers chronicles road tripping scientists. Click here to read part two of this interview with unbelievers costar and 2015 humanist of the year lawrence krauss. Australia, new zealand, denmark finland, france, the netherlands, norway, sweden, south africa posted 10. The unbelievers was directed by former musician gus holwerda, who wanted to create a movie about science that played like a rock and roll tour video. Dawkins is a noted atheist who wrote the famous book the god delusion and krauss is a physicist. Read our march 28, 2014 interview with director gus holwerda below. These people will be available to take questions from the audience. Documentary captures crazy tour life of science celebrities. The film includes short statements by influential people and. Rent the unbelievers 20 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. I approached lawrence afterwards and he said, yeah, lets do something, sometime, but a lot of time went by. Filmmakers gus and luke holwerda also will attend this evenings program, and gus holwerda says viewers who walk in expecting to see a very serious, highly.
Gus holwerda s documentary the unbelievers follows scientists lawrence krauss and richard dawkins as they speak at numerous public events about the need to confront global issues with a rationality that is unaffected by traditional religious beliefs or political ideology. Anyone interested in the contemporary debate between atheists and religious believers will gain nothing of value from the documentary the unbelievers, gus holwerdas almost comically superficial. Where ever they appear they receive the full rock star treatment. The facts and debates featured are certainly absorbing and fascinating, though the unbelievers itself isnt as.
Krauss dips into his views on science and belief in an interview with wireds geeks guide to the galaxy. Ayaan hirsi ali, bill pullman, cormac mccarthy director. The unbelievers by gus holwerda gus holwerda, richard. The unbelievers starts out very well with dawkins debating a prominent catholic figure on australian. Prueba prime hola, identificate cuenta y listas identificate cuenta y listas devoluciones y pedidos prueba prime carrito. The film is a road trip documentary that follows dawkins and krauss as they make stops around the world, from australia to new york, to speak out for reason and science. Gus holwerda, the director and writer of the film documentary, the unbelievers, which follows atheists richard dawkins and lawrence krauss on a world speaking tour, recently took part in a debate with christian author graham veale, whose book new atheism. Refusing to engage with those who advance divisive and extreme fundamentalist. The documentary may have scored a lowly 44 per cent and green splat on rotten tomatoes but that has not stopped krauss agreeing to make a cameo appearance in the next film being made by unbelievers director gus holwerda on time travel. Filmmakers gus holwerda, and luke holwerda of black chalk productions. The unbelievers follows renowned scientists richard dawkins and lawrence krauss across the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world encouraging others to cast off antiquated religious and politically motivated approaches toward important current issues. Read our march 31, 2014 interview with costar and 2015 humanist of the year lawrence krauss below. The unbelievers streaming video the seattle public. Filmmaker gus holwerda follows these rocks stars of reason as they embark on a most modern crusade to encourage people to cast off antiquated ideologies and assume a purely rational approach to important current issues.
Later on i found out that he and richard were going on a book tour, and even though we only learned of it at last minute the event was happening 3 weeks later. With adrian rmante, annika pampel, david fine, chandler rylko. Gus holwerda tries to get us to think about the bigger picture, and the way the universe is built, but instead he brown noses richard dawkins and lawrence krauss throughout this documentary. The unbelievers, with richard dawkins the new york times. Both put their understanding in reason and science rather than faith and religion. He is known for emotionally complex stories, often presenting the same experience from multiple perspectives. Ian mcewan books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Thinking atheist lawrence krauss and the unbelievers posted 10. As engaging as the subjects themselves, the unbelievers offers an exciting glimpse into two of the worlds most influential minds at work. Director gus holwerda instead takes a neutral approach, simply showing the audience a few weeks in the lives of two of the most relevant and esteemed intellectuals around. Gus holwerdas the unbelievers is the kind of flyonthewall affair that follows its subjects through the mundane. The documentary does not deliver crushing arguments to the viewer, nor does it provide explosive confrontation between believers and unbelievers. One of the most remarkable things about making the unbelievers, said gus holwerda, was to reveal the richard dawkins that you dont see in public life. He wrote, directed, and produced the documentary the unbelievers, which follows scientists lawrence krauss and richard dawkins occupation.
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