Kevin Kelly: belief

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…What film has most expanded your conception of what reality is? Most expanded my conception of reality. Boy, I’m not sure that I’ve seen a film that’s changed my idea about reality. There are actual — after all, they’re just fictional. I would say seeing 2001 [A Space Odyssey] by Kubrick expanded my idea of what’s possible. Maybe that’s — an aspect of reality is believing what’s possible. I found that vision was exhilarating at the time; and this is pre–Star Wars. But I have to say Star Wars itself, the idea of the worn and old future: that shifted my idea and expanded my possibilities, my idea of what’s possible, as well. I think maybe the idea of a future that was worn and used and not just streamlined — I think that that did shift my idea of reality. Which is the most underrated documentary?…

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