Aliens from Spaceship Earth is a documentary that explores the teachings and stories surrounding Indian gurus, new age teachers, and cult figure heads. It attempts to make the case that these enlightened individuals hold the keys necessary for humanity's future spiritual, emotional, and mental development. The title comes from a few throwaway lines that these individuals are so enlightened that they are seemingly alien to normal humans.
The film mostly consists of interviews with followers, archive footage of the various leaders, and lots of b-roll footage of hippies walking through nature to the tune of an accoustic guitar. If you are looking for a weird piece of 1970's, fringe-focused trash then you should probably skip this title. The b-roll footage in particular kills any effectiveness the film's pacing might have provided and makes the entire film an endurance test. The film is entirely forgettable other then a few fun ideas about LSD causing astral projections and an amusing anecdote of a guru being caught in line for a porno. I would highly recommend skipping this title.
The film mostly consists of interviews with followers, archive footage of the various leaders, and lots of b-roll footage of hippies walking through nature to the tune of an accoustic guitar. If you are looking for a weird piece of 1970's, fringe-focused trash then you should probably skip this title. The b-roll footage in particular kills any effectiveness the film's pacing might have provided and makes the entire film an endurance test. The film is entirely forgettable other then a few fun ideas about LSD causing astral projections and an amusing anecdote of a guru being caught in line for a porno. I would highly recommend skipping this title.
