Talk:K-PAX (film)

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Contents 1 Comedy? How? 2 Differences from Book 3 Style/I don't know 4 Link to official Website 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Kpax.jpg 6 Plagiarism 7 Capitalize "prot" or Not??

[edit] Comedy? How?

I fail to see how anybody could label this film as a comedy. It doesn't even really have a happy ending. Liquidus219 15:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)liquidus219

Have you ever heard of a comedy of manners? Does Life of Brian have a happy ending? Is it a comedy? Not all comedy has to make you laugh. It doesn't even have to have a laugh track.Greglocock 12:50, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Differences from Book

Does anyone know enough about the film and the first book to be able to outline the key differences in content, message and tone? Mnbf9rca 23:44, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Style/I don't know

Why does the article say about a mental patient who claims he is an alien, when it could just as easily be an alien who has taken human form, and is considered by many to in reality be human? The film offers both explanations and in any case the latter is considered to be the appropriate interpretation. --Ouro 19:21, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

The statement "mental patient" is entirely accurate, as he is in a mental facility. Likewise he does claim to be an alien. Whether his claim is true, or whether he is actually mentally ill, is the question. No firm answer is given during the film, so how can there by an "appropriate interpretation"? -- Supermorff 22:27, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

A firm answer IS given during the movie, I believe. The young woman who 'has no home', I forgot her name, disappears about the same time that Prot 'leaves'. My impression during the film was that in order to save his friend Robert's life, he used his knowledge and light-travel to inhabit Robert's body. I was led to suspect this when the young speechless woman states to Prot 'I know who you are. You're the bluebird.', as if Prot had inhabited the bird's body.

I'm inclined to agree with you, nameless poster, however if you listen to any commentary by any of the cast and crew they'll insist that they left the matter open so that the audience could decide for themselves. -- Supermorff 12:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

If they really wanted ambiguity, they shouldn't have given Prot all his super power, he is stronger then a normal person, can see a different light spectrum then a human, out-smarts a few astrophysicists, doesn't rect to medicine as a normal human, heals a bunch of other patiences in the clinic, leaves clinic when he wants, causes security monitors to buzz out when he light-travels and plenty of other stuff, none of this would be explainable if he was just human. Now the exact relationship between Prot and Robert Porter isn't explained in depth (most likly something along the lines of Prot possesing Robert after he had attempted suicide), but there can be no doubt that something non-human was involved, the movie really doesn't leave room for that. -- 83.135.228.96 21:13, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually, they take great pains to give alternate explanations to all these things you've mentioned throughout the movie (except being "stronger than a normal person", which I saw no evidence for in the first place). Personally I think for all these explanations to be valid is far too much of a coincidence, and that the alien explanation holds more weight, but the other explanations do exist. The characters even cite exaplmes of people who can, for example, see ultraviolet light, or who react strangely to certain anti-psychotic drugs. So yes, there is certainly room for it, just not very much. -- Supermorff 11:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok then nameless poster here are a few things from the film that will twist your noggin, If John Porter was possessed by a being from K-Pax then; Why as prot is he afraid of water? Why does his utopian planet not have any families? (prehaps because John Porters family was killed) and finally why when under regression as John Porter does he talk about his friend who is interested in Astronomy -- Another Unnamed Poster 12:22, 04 December 2006 (UTC)

This movie is based on "Hombre mirando al Sudeste" a 1986 argentinian movie, directed by Eliseo Subiela. I tried to add this "detail" to the article but it has been erased...

That is horrible, unnamed user! I have reinserted the detail you added... Some motherfucker will delete it again, but who cares? I have thus put my protest on record. The beginning of the end of wikipedia began long ago ... It's not going to take very long for it to die. That is, something called wikipedia might continue to exist, but only redneck yanks will read it or contribute to it. Jimbo Wales and his gang are getting more and more exposed, even in the reactionaly press...

This film narrates the phenomenon of what is called a "walk-in". This is defined as an extra-terrestrial who takes host or inhabits a person's body. There is usually a contract or agreement ahead of time for this to happen...it's not something that normally happens against one's will. The purpose oftentimes is so that the "walk-in" can experience what he needs to on this plane. Oftentimes they are helping to balance out karma. Spiritualist believe that we all have "guides" who walk with us in spirit, and some of these entities may in fact be extra-terrestrial. Although K-Pax does not make specific reference to this phenomenon as it relates to it's story, there is much written about "walk ins", and it is not difficult to see the similarities. Ruth Montgomery is one author who speaks of this in "Strangers Among Us." BlueEgyptian5@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.166.54.195 (talk) 17:44, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Link to official Website

Why don't include a link to www.k-pax.com? --77.128.43.102 15:44, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Kpax.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism

There is a major argentinean film "Hombre mirando al sudeste" (1986) by film director Eliseo Subiela http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091214/, can any one point at references of this film and the issues arising from obvious similarities in the 1986-film and the novel and film? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.137.93.112 (talk) 09:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalize "prot" or Not??

The first paragraph states that prot should not be capitalized, then uses it that way, but the second section capitalizes it like a normal name. Well, which way is it? 165.129.2.15 (talk) 14:28, 5 March 2008 (UTC)