Act of God is a feature documentary about the metaphysical effects of being struck by lightning. The event represents the paradox of being singled out by randomness, and so precipitates questions about chance, fate and meaning in life. The film explores seven stories from around the world that raise and respond to these questions, while keeping the sky and what comes out of it as a central visual metaphor and thread. Paul Auster, who was struck as a teenager, philosophically anchors the film, along with Fred Frith, the improviser, who both imaginatively underpins it and personally demonstrates the ubiquity of electricity in our bodies and the universe.
Excellent film. May be to cerebral for most audiences.
Walked out after an hour. Disconnected, badly written, poorly filmed, totally boring. And that's the good part. This cannot be called a documentary nor can it be called a movie. It's simply someone who takes a videocam and films disjointed pieces of footage and gives it a title. Do not waste your money as we did!
One more time here...keeps kicking me out. Worst movie I've seen in ages! Great topic, poorly rendered...bloody irritating, esp the end human-made "music"...terrible.