After the lecturer briefly introduced the the concept of French New Wave Cinema to us, the lights were dimmed and a dodgy quality film filled the screen in front of us.
Slightly confused, I watched as random black and white still images began to play, a French voice narrating - extremely grateful for subtitles.
I admit it took me awhile to understand that it was, in fact, a science fiction film we were watching, and not some Cold War biography.
Finally, the concept of the film revealed itself. It was about a post-nuclear war experiment on time travel. I was quite pleased that it didn't attempt to refer to the good old time machine idea, but rather explored the idea that we could travel throught time via our thoughts and dreams.
However strange the movie was, I still appreciated it.
From a technological point of view, the idea was groundbreaking. I can see why it inspired such films as Twelve Monkeys etc.
So apparently, the idea of New wave cinema is to use simple methods to tell challenging stories - to bring intellectual plots to the big screen.
Well, I guess I could certainly say that the topic made you think. Could it actually be possible to time travel...and in such a way that we could simply use our mind power to change the space/time continuim?
Personally, everything I've learnt in school as 'common sense' rejects this theory of time travel, unless there has been some sort of mind blowing technological advance.
But the thought that someone did come up with this idea, especially in the 1960's, just goes to show that although our minds may not be able to travel through time, they are capable of formulating ideas that will challenge society for years to come.
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