Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 08/30/2008 - 6:31pm.
>> The idea that Eli comes and has not aged much was interesting. I recall noting that in the film. Also when the servant comes in after Daniel kills Eli, his reaction is not one of surprise or disgust.
Paul is the prophet...the good guy...ELI = LIE. This is a story about how human perception distorts reality...the bad guy is actually the good guy there...Paul is the hero. He kills evil. You can say he's a basturd in business but there's no commandment against lying. He won on the world's terms and never pretended to have some inauthentic relationship with god....he may have had one but it was his..private.
Stanley Kurbrick would've been proud...Paul took great joy when the geyser exploded or when 'laying pipe'.
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>> The idea that Eli comes and has not aged much was interesting. I recall noting that in the film. Also when the servant comes in after Daniel kills Eli, his reaction is not one of surprise or disgust.
Paul is the prophet...the good guy...ELI = LIE. This is a story about how human perception distorts reality...the bad guy is actually the good guy there...Paul is the hero. He kills evil. You can say he's a basturd in business but there's no commandment against lying. He won on the world's terms and never pretended to have some inauthentic relationship with god....he may have had one but it was his..private.
Stanley Kurbrick would've been proud...Paul took great joy when the geyser exploded or when 'laying pipe'.