The Nature of Existence

Roger Nygard, who established a reputation as a quirky documentary maker in 1997 with TREKKIES, takes on a rather broader topic in his latest work, asking spiritual leaders, artists, scholars and scientists about their beliefs and philosophy of life. The cast of characters is broad and occasionally bizarre, ranging from physicist Leonard Susskind, through Richard Dawkins to film director Irvin Kirshner, ending up with Rob Adonis, founder of Ultimate Christian Wrestling, and Druid King Arthur Pendragon. Fortunately Nygard manages to stay in the background effectively enough to make this a thoroughly worthwhile study of the nature of belief rather than another low-budget documentary with a poorly concealed agenda.

Print source: Blink Inc.