No one dies in the movie after touching someone, but it’s safe to assume that they would have, if they continued. If you step off your circle you will die quicker than any other rule being broken. It is here that we learn the rules of the Movie Circle. The people wake and quickly begin freaking out. The very beginning of the movie is all about the initial shock of this situation. We’ll leave the philosophical conjecturing til later… but, oh, I promise we will get to that soon enough. So let’s talk through what actually happens in this movie. Sometimes when we go down the rabbit hole way too fast we lose people. That would have been awesome! But some of the most minimal movies are the best to discuss, because they are more about their ideas and less about excitement, or special effects. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I would have killed (see what I’m doing there?) to get in this movie. I personally can’t imagine how these guys got 50 stereotypical individuals of every different walk of life to participate in this small film. Hyper-minimalist sets (I think we have one set in the entire movie until the last 2 minutes?), and even less in the way of special effects. Want to watch the movie now? Try one of these links below: Fair enough? But I totally want you to see the film, and come participate in the conversation that I guarantee will get even more complicated than the movie itself. Here, watch the trailer, then… I’m sorry, but you are going to need to leave until you’ve seen the film. Is it a psychopath’s twisted fantasy being played out? Is it an alien invasion experiment? No one has any idea at all. And ultimately, this group of Fifty, nope, Forty nine, nope, forty eight… need to figure out what is going on, or they are all going to die. And then it because super clear that they can’t move off their spots, or touch another person without something very bad happening. If you are unfamiliar with the movie, you will soon have to leave, but before you do – let me get you hooked on this crack. Low budget, high concept, fantastic script, minimalist style, controversial ideas, Check, Check, Check, Check, and Check. Oh how the Circle is EVERYTHING that spins my gears!! Let’s see, we have Science Fiction – Check.
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