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Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality

Documentary
2003, 1h 30min
Narrated by Gabriel Byrne (Usual Suspects, Vanity Fair, Miller's Crossing), this seven-time Best Documentary award-winning film (Silver Lake Film Festival, Beverly Hills Film Festival) is the most comprehensive and mind-blowing investigation of humankind's relationship with death ever captured on film. Hailed by many viewers as a "life-transformational film," Flight from Death uncovers death anxiety as a possible root cause of many of our behaviors on a psychological, spiritual, and cultural level. Following the work of the late cultural anthropologist, Ernest Becker, and his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Denial of Death, this documentary explores the ongoing research of a group of social psychologists that may forever change the way we look at ourselves and the world. Over the last twenty-five years, this team of researchers has conducted over 300 laboratory studies, which substantiate Becker's claim that death anxiety is a primary motivator of human behavior...
Country: United States
Director:
Patrick Shen
Cast:
Gabriel Byrne,
Sam Keen
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Patrick Shen
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"Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality" is a thought-provoking documentary that delves into the human psyche and our innermost fears. Narrated by Gabriel Byrne, this film explores the idea that our fear of death drives many of our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Through interviews with experts and real-life examples, the movie sheds light on how our desire for immortality influences our behavior, from our attitudes towards others to our own personal beliefs. By examining the research of social psychologists and the theories of cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker, "Flight from Death" offers a unique perspective on human nature and challenges us to confront our deepest fears.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality include Who Killed the Electric Car?, Sacred Planet, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Encounters at the End of the World, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Street Fight.

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Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality was released in theaters on January 1, 2003.

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