I ORIGINS

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I ORIGINS Movie

2014

(7,3 out of 10)
Drammatico (Fantascienza|Sentimentale)
1 h 12 min - 72 min
Directed by Mike Cahill

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	Michael Pitt
	Steven Yeun
	Astrid Bergès-Frisbey
	Brit Marling

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Il dottor Ian Gray, dottorando in biologia molecolare e specializzato nel processo di evoluzione dell'occhio, lascia il suo laboratorio per partecipare a una festa. Lì conosce una giovane modella straniera. L'incontro è fugace, ma basta la visione degli occhi della ragazza per fare accendere qualcosa in Gray. Anni dopo, Ian e la sua assistente di laboratorio, Karen, fanno una scoperta sensazionale con profonde implicazioni esistenziali. A quel punto, il medico sa che - pur rischiando di perdere il lavoro della sua vita - dovrà recarsi dall'altra parte del mondo per validare (o confutare) la sua teoria.

When Ian is testing Salomina, he should not be stating whether her answers were correct or not. Instead he should simply tell Karen which picture she chooses - 1, 2 or 3. That way, even though Salomina doesn't know the purpose of the test or how it is judged, her choices cannot be influenced in any way. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Ian is video chatting with Karen on skype along with Salomina we can see the time on Karen's laptop as 5:04 PM. 5 PM in the US should be 4 AM in New Delhi but we can see in the background that its daytime in India. <br>------------------------<br><br>Ian's glasses change between shots when he is in India. In some shots they are frameless, and in others, they have black frames. <br>------------------------<br><br>As a scientist, Ian should have known that he invalidated Salomina's test by both being the tester and knowing the "correct" answers: his eye movement, body language, etc. could have provided clues to Salomina which images to choose. To be valid, the test should have been done "double-blind" with the tester not knowing the correct answers; ideally this would have been by Priya who had both Salomina's trust and no prior knowledge of Sofi. <br>------------------------<br><br>Karen says the results from Salomina's test lie "within standard margin". However, one can not calculate the unbiased sample variance of one-sample sets and, hence, you can not know whether a result from a single test lies within any kind of confidence intervals or margins. In fact, the empirical variance of one-sample-sets is a sort of running gag among statisticians. Researchers with even the slightest background in statistics, let alone the internationally-known empirical scientists, would never say such a thing nor would they abandon such a promising project based on only one interview. <br>------------------------<br><br>It is not correct to weight all of the Salomina's test answers equally. For example, her getting the answer for the favorite candy right should not have the same importance as her correctly recognizing her grandma's face. The test was not correctly designed. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Ian is walking down the Delhi market with the Indian lady, they pass a dish antenna that has the words 'd2h videocon' appearing in their mirrored form. This reveals that the original shot was flopped during editing. <br>------------------------<br><br>When the nurse scans the eyes of Ian and Karen's son, Tobias, and then processes the data in the computer, the computer's pointer is seen misplaced revealing the use of a presentation (slides) as the "software". <br>------------------------<br><br>While researching in India, when Ian meets Salomina for the first time, they are out in the open in a very public place surrounded by people. He takes the little girl by her hand and walks her to his hotel nearby and takes her up to is hotel room. It is unrealistic and absurd to think that no one in a public place would notice or be alarmed that a strange man from another country (USA) just walked an 8 year old girl he just met to a nearby hotel and took her up to his room. Also as unlikely is the depiction that this little girl just willfully accompanied this stranger to his hotel room without any resistance, anxiety, or panic. <br>------------------------<br><br>