instinct part 1

Nearly two years after having gone amiss in Africa, renowned anthropologist Dr. Ethan Powell is caught committing a crime and subsequently imprisoned in a Florida mental institution, where aspiring psychiatrist Dr. Theo Calder takes over his important case. Dr. Powell, who has been with a group of gorillas during all that time, is not talking at all and seems to be living in a dreamworld. Very slowly, Dr. Calder manages to reach Ethan Powell and starts finding out why Ethan killed two of the poachers. Yet Theo's case is not just about why the murders have happened, but also about how Dr. Powell became the being he is in the first place. With Ethan's silence broken, Theo is introduced into a world beyond common human comprehension: The true nature of being. He learns that mankind's control of everything is a mere illusion and that the true values of existence can't be found so easily. Ethan changes Theo's view of things forever

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Entertainment

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• Primatologist
• Ishmael
• civilization
• takers
• leavers
• instinct
• movie
• Daniel
• Quinn

[cantecleer]

This movie is based, loosely, on Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael" (a most excellent, though troubling read at times). Of course, the book goes much deeper into explaining the whole "Takers" vs. "Leavers" dichotomy. "Instinct" is kinda like an awesome infomercial for "Ishmael."

While they are both stand alone works, they both are excellent and share the same core theme, the same message of sanity: humanity MUST live in harmony with all the world and its species or perish.

Thx for posting.^^

[thisnuhfinehuh]

@MrGrevy - Prick, that novel was brilliant.

[BlackStripe2]

Aww, the scene with him and the calm dogs <3

[kiefer1house2]

i love this film so much haven seen it for years!

[confuzzled4ever]

how did you manage to post this, and in such good quality without having youtube remove it???

[cantecleer]

@USMarineRifleman0311 You can have competition between species without obliterating competitors with an almost genocidal precision. To minimize the impact of humans is dishonest. There are many case studies which show a direct correlation between the rise of humanity and a spike in extinction rates which mirror the levels of loss typical in a catastrophic extinction event. Just because 98% of species go extinct that doesn't mean we should add to the loss of biodiversity =/

[USMarineRifleman0311]

@cantecleer

Harmony can mean one between both war and peace. Hundreds of species of animals are dying off without us causing it or stopping them. 98% of all species to ever exist died off by now.

War is the great balancer.

[skater6666]

Such a beautiful film!

[BruceMichaelAnderson]

I have yet to read Ishmael its on my to read list, But from what I have seen of this movie I do see a reflection of {B.F. Skinner} and his work or Book called {Beyond dignity and freedom}

[BruceMichaelAnderson]

Thank you for the post, this is the kind of work that I my self have so reflected on to better understand my own views & plight to write my 1st novel {Elisheva & The way stones}.on writing.com.. those that so did this movie would be good to make more movies for Jean M Auel's work..and or the book Hinds Feet on high places

[KingHarkinian]

Sir, i thank you for posting this brilliant piece of film.

A chocolate chip cookie for you indeed!

[crass770]

@thisnuhfinehuh I have an audio book of "The Book of the Damned" on my channel as well... same author as Ishmael and based on the same concept