There are phenomenons on our world that can not be readily explained. This balanced documentary of just those crop circles, which appear each year in Great Britain, goes to great length to do a subject justice that so highly polarizes people. The pro and the con camps will argue every singe point endlessly. The producers filmed 140 hours of interviews and spent four years to complete this most extensive documentary on the history of crop circles thus far.
It's balanced perspective was to me, who is convinced that most circles are not made by fellow humans, quite unsettling at times, as the hoaxers are given ample opportunities to make their deceptive points of "art". Most every leading expert, who has studied this phenomenon is interviewed and many have acclaimed CircleSpeak for its intelligent presentation and unbiased perspective.
Independently-produced by Kirk Kirkland and Laurence Newnam, this feature-length documentary follows the phenomenon from ca. 1978 through the 2004 crop circle season. Present-day interview with experts, researchers, documenters and writers are interspersed with rare historical video footage. Virtually all the original researchers are allowed to speak.
But CircleSpeak also gives us a cultural perspective in that it introduces us to the people who live in the area; the effected farmers, who loose parts of their crops and are inundates by curiosity seekers brought on by the media; the police, who are called in to catch the hoaxers; or the hoaxers themselves, who claim their own fame.
I understand that the producers had to center in on the British crop circles, and I would have given this well-executed documentary a perfect 10 had they made clear that crop circles do not merely appear in Britain, but are occurring in many places on our world, albeit that they are not as well researched in less developed countries.
A truly excellent film, which when attentively viewed with an open mind and an open heart will reveal its truth contents. It left me with one more evidence that this small backward planet is not alone in our infinite universe.
It's balanced perspective was to me, who is convinced that most circles are not made by fellow humans, quite unsettling at times, as the hoaxers are given ample opportunities to make their deceptive points of "art". Most every leading expert, who has studied this phenomenon is interviewed and many have acclaimed CircleSpeak for its intelligent presentation and unbiased perspective.
Independently-produced by Kirk Kirkland and Laurence Newnam, this feature-length documentary follows the phenomenon from ca. 1978 through the 2004 crop circle season. Present-day interview with experts, researchers, documenters and writers are interspersed with rare historical video footage. Virtually all the original researchers are allowed to speak.
But CircleSpeak also gives us a cultural perspective in that it introduces us to the people who live in the area; the effected farmers, who loose parts of their crops and are inundates by curiosity seekers brought on by the media; the police, who are called in to catch the hoaxers; or the hoaxers themselves, who claim their own fame.
I understand that the producers had to center in on the British crop circles, and I would have given this well-executed documentary a perfect 10 had they made clear that crop circles do not merely appear in Britain, but are occurring in many places on our world, albeit that they are not as well researched in less developed countries.
A truly excellent film, which when attentively viewed with an open mind and an open heart will reveal its truth contents. It left me with one more evidence that this small backward planet is not alone in our infinite universe.