Thomas. It takes place in one of Mont-Saint Michel¯s church tower in France. Jack

Edwards, played by Sam Waterson, is a politician who had just lost a presidential

campaign in the United States and is facing a senate re-election. Sonia Hoffman, played

by Liv Ullman, is a scientist and a former physicist. Thomas Harriman, who is played by

John Heard, is a poet who is a friend of Jack. The three have long discussions about the

One of the topics discussed is the °crisis of perception.± The crisis of perception is

the way people view something. People see many different problems occurring, but as a

separate issue. Crisis of perception is seeing these problems as a different branch of one

single crisis. The root causes of this crisis of perception lies in one¯s habit of seeing and

experiencing oneself and the world as being established of separately existing fragments.

Another topic discussed is of the °politics of the impossible.± The issue with the

politics of the impossible wasn¯t too clear. I think that the movie was showing us that

politics don¯t work. Not many people do not vote beca

humanity will only adopt this perspective and realize that we are all one with each other,

three people talking. It didn¯t have a good story line or a plot. But the film was also

if self-organization. She claims that life is self-maintaining, with an inherent tendency to

universe is simply an unwinding clock, as portrayed in the film.

about. Jack and Thomas also had many questions for Sonya. She explained many things

Most of the discussion in this film was between Jack and Sonya. Thomas, for the

and biological perspective of the world. Sonia says °ultimately, whether we like it or not,

thinking. Holistic thinking is recognizing the interconnectedness of the universe as

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