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What on Earth? Inside the Crop Circle Mystery

Suzanne Taylor (Actor, Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
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Take a ride with filmmaker, Suzanne Taylor, a producer of events and projects to evoke a more cooperative worldview, as she engages a fascinating subculture of artists, educators, geometers, philosophers, and farmers who are enthralled by the mystery of crop circles. For twenty years, Taylor was part of a lively international community that gathered in England every summer to study and document circle developments. In the film, shot in Celtic territory in England, where the circles proliferate, person after person attests to what conventional reality says cannot be so as they urge open-mindedness to finding there is a real phenomenon, where, hoaxes aside, crop circles are not being made by us.

"What on Earth?" Is filled with stunning imagery of the circles, and tells their history, going from when they were a worldwide fascination to where our scientific materialistic worldview has closed people’s minds to one of the great mysteries of our time. Evidence is presented that challenges the idea that all the glyphs are made by people, and the motives of hoaxers, who make a fair number of the formations, is a subject for conversation. And it speculates about how knowing the circles come from other intelligence would help us think as a planet and give us our best chance to solve the global problems that challenge us now. If we knew there was other intelligence, we would be one humanity in relation to “the other,” and, as someone in the movie says, “That could be what saves this civilization.”

The DVD of “What on Earth?” contains outstanding bonus material. It includes commentary by researchers about their favorite circles; an alternative opening that delivers more information about the filmmaker; a moving eulogy about Pulitzer Prize winner, John Mack, a Harvard psychiatry professor who was enamored with the circles and is in the film; a music video of a crop circle song that’s in the soundtrack of the movie; and a gorgeous montage of circles.

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Suzanne Taylor
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 21 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ August 9, 2011
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Suzanne Taylor
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Passion River
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00468JOFE
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 36 ratings

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VB_Villa_Hills
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a no-nonsense approach to understanding Crop Circles
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2011
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If you find it hard to believe that crop circles come from some outer-space beings... join the club. Crop circles can be called one of the most fascinating phenomena of our time, but they are also largely ignored around the globe. This is a good video for skeptics who find it hard to believe that crop circles are not all man-made.

"What on Earth?" does a nice job of looking at all of the different sciences we humans can employ to understand how and even why these magnificent crop circle formations might be created. Physicists, mathematicians, botanists plus paranormal experts and regular folks come together to discuss their findings and thoughts related to crop circles, their place in history, and ongoing new appearances.

People from all walks of life also discuss unexplained crop circle experiences; their appearance, possible meaning behinds their shapes, and the different energy they seem to exude. (One example: a cell phone works outside the crop circle, but take one step into the formation and the phone does not work. Step out again and the mobile phone works fine again.)

Does the film provide specific answers to all of our questions about crop circles? No. This film does provide insightful thought and analysis of one of the most spectacular and unexplainable phenomena on earth. The opportunity to view multiple images of unique and beautiful crop circles from all around the world is worth the price of the video.
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Perry from WA
4.0 out of 5 stars Really Fun to Watch
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2019
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This is interesting and informative, full of fascinating, intriguing information and characters. Both a charming and eye-opening experience.
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Stephen J. Triesch
3.0 out of 5 stars Biased towards the paranormal, but reasonably well done
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2013
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First of all, I strongly disagree with the reviewers who characterized the film as cheap and amateurish. The production values are actually quite respectable, albeit unspectacular. As for the film containing nothing new or up-to-date, that's a legitimate beef for those who are already steeped in the phenomenon, but those new to crop circles will find it informative (up to a point) and entertaining.

My problem with the film is that it is too focused on "the believers," i.e., those who are convinced that many of the circles are of paranormal or extraterrestrial origin, and therefore gives short-shrift to those who believe that the circles are all man-made. Thus the film has a kind of smug, in-group quality, with perhaps too much self-congratulatory head-nodding and not enough real questioning. All of those interviewed in the film are "believers," and - although the arguments of the skeptics are referenced and critiqued - no actual skeptics are given a platform for their views.

So the film is a decent if somewhat biased introduction to the topic. Those who already possess DVDs with a pro-paranormal perspective on the topic will find little new here, but others may find it an entertaining introduction to a controversial topic. For those wanting a more balanced and comprehensive view, I highly recommend Laurence Newnam's "CircleSpeak", which leans towards a paranormal explanation of SOME circles while nonetheless giving the skeptics an opportunity to present their views in their own words.
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LTBerg
5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty amazing and no nonsense
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2017
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This is an excellent dvd -- one of the best IMHO on the topic of crop circles, etc. If you are curious, open-minded, and not interested in nonsense and silliness, I highly recommend this dvd by Suzanne Taylor to you. It's pretty amazing.
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Marjorie F. Robson
1.0 out of 5 stars What on Earth?
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2013
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I have already read other matrerial on this subject which I appreciated more and learned more from - but was quite disappointed in this video. I thought it would contain more current info on the topic - it was very basic and held little of interest that I did not already know. I also felt that their attempt to present reasonable evidence of their findings was almost paltry. I got the idea they thought they were talking to the converted so did not make the effort needed to convince us. Definitely not worth the money.
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HalliePInson
5.0 out of 5 stars Not to be missed-don't listen to tv-watch this movie
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2013
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My granddaughter and I were thrilled by this movie and want to go see these circles for ourselves It is reputed to be the best film on Crop circles made so far---Hooray for Amazon!!
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altki
4.0 out of 5 stars real and honest journalism
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2012
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this is one of the best documentaries i've seen on this subject. it brings out new facts that i've never heard before. As the documentarian states, some of the formations are gags but some can not be explaned with any standard methods available.
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Zizaf
5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2012
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This documentary is great and realistic. There is no bias, but it reflects some personal opinions.
But most of all, it raises the question " who made them?"
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MalI was fortunate enought to come acrosscolm Bradstock
5.0 out of 5 stars What on Earth
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2011
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I was fortunate enough to accidentally come across a review of this excellent film in the New York Times of 21 April 2011. As this is the first customer review of this I thought it would be of interest to include it here.
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A cheery, chummy documentary about the pastoral patterns inaccurately described as crop circles, Suzanne Taylor's "What On Earth?" musters a gaggle of enthusiasts to dish on the phenomenon.

They're a diverse bunch -- farmers and philosophers, scientists and a singer-songwriter -- and Ms. Taylor, a former actress who first became involved with the group in the early 1990s, uses her familiarity to encourage them to open up. Merging homey interviews with photographs and film of the hundreds of varieties of patterns (which pop up mysteriously overnight and are found all over the world), the film makes no pretense of objectivity or analysis. Everyone on screen -- most sporting little blue flowers in their lapels, like a club insignia -- is convinced of an intelligence behind the designs.

"I knew that something beyond the beyond was going on," one interviewee says, echoing the metaphysical beliefs of many circle fans. But it's the film's geometrists who enthrall most, revealing that many of the shapes -- one of which famously made the cover of a 1990 Led Zeppelin album -- hold entirely new answers to Euclidean problems.

Set mainly in the bucolic beauty of Wiltshire, England (a hotbed of circle activity), "What On Earth?" touches on famous hoaxes and enjoys a brief visit to the conspiracy-theory place.

The film's main attractions, though, are the patterns themselves: fantastically precise whorls and curlicues, radiolaria and mandalas that drift across the screen like the endlessly reforming crystals in a kaleidoscope. Whether designed by nature or by little green men, they make you want to believe."

I consider this a rather lightweight opinion, treating the subject as an entertainment rather than a profoundly important and little understood subject.

My own view is that it is a very detailed examination of the phenomena with a full consideration of the possiblity of man-made hoaxes. The geometric alanalysis of the designs is most impressive . The discussion of the implications of such varied and complex figures, whoever turns out to have been responsible for them, is very informative. It is also excellent to see interviewed such a large selection of the researchers in this field along with their clear identification and contribution to the debate.

Altogether a very well made film, with comprehensive cover and intelligent discussion of the important issues. And what a superb closing shot!
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