“They created a kind of theatrical spectacle that was educational as well as instructive.
But when they put those unconventional ideas in the mass media, the two proved to be irreconcilable.”
MATT WOLF:It’s totally uncanny and unexpected.
Credit: Neon
So I’ve been thinking a lot about how the film, hopefully, can give some perspective.
So I went about tracking people down and was determined to tell their story.
I was just astounded.
In the most simple sense, I found it fascinating.
They pursued experimental theater.
They were adventurers who traveled the world and started all sorts of enterprises.
And they were futurists who were imagining scenarios for the future that didn’t yet exist.
What else do you hope viewers take away from the biospherians' story?
I really hope that they look at this unique model of small groups being engines of change.
And this is a story about a group of people who had crazy ideas, but they did things.
They didn’t just talk about them.
I think that’s what we need right now, but so often new ideas are met with cynicism.
Or more sustainable ones, at least.
