The Man from Earth

After hearing rave reviews, I finally got down to watching 'The Man from Earth' today. Its a very interesting movie with a novel concept. What if, hypothetically, there was a man who survived the Stone ages, the Medieval ages and continues to live in the Modern age. This brings up a plethora of possibilities. Would he still be a caveman? Would he be able to communicate with anyone else in any humanly understandable way? Such are the questions brought up by the movie. Answers too, albeit hypothetical ones they may be.

To put it briefly, the movie is about a man who is actually 14,000 years old and may actually be a cro-magnon. It is an extremely low budget movie. It required only ₨8,804,316.96 ($200,000) to produce. The screenplay was written by Jerome Bixby on his deathbed. It is pretty riveting work for a man about to die. For any man, in fact. The underlying notion through the movie is that even though the protagonist's story is so incredulous, there is absolutely no way to either prove he's right or prove he's wrong. This just arouses added interest, not only in the other characters of the movie, but in all the viewers to know more about John Oldman.

Yes, thats right. The 14,000 year old protagonist is called John 'Oldman'. A very creative pun, indeed. This movie makes you think. What if you could live so long? Would you want that in the first place? Would you want to remain alive while those around you continue to die? Or can you detach yourself enough to enjoy living through all the phases of our planet? These are difficult questions to answer, but definitely worth many a conversation! All in all, a very enamouring and captivating movie. A must-watch for any movie buff and a really good evening for all others. My rating - 85/100.