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		<description>&quot;I am not afraid of the Stranger&quot;&lt;br&gt;I want to write about that most of all was pleasant in a film.Or rather about sombody.&lt;br&gt;Image of star wanderer typed in my memory once and for all. It was remembered me his chiselled face, such manly and strong. His eyes - the most unfathomable that I&#039;ve ever seen. He have eclipsed all other personage. It&#039;s amazing how Daniel Maloney succeeded in depict sombre piercing coldness of space alien. Especially in the end, where lights and darks was passing over his face. Stranger was also irresistible when he were going away with weary steps, arrogantly and gracefully having turned his head. &lt;br&gt;We have a lot of spectators who appreciated at its true value this image. I think it was not simple role. It has been played so skillfully, that often, when I leave the house, it&#039;s seems to me, I will observe black tall figure in the crowd. Black but blond. As a symbol of good. It is pleasant to me whole his shape alien to any falseness and lie. And his gaze kind of very honest.&lt;br&gt;I have understood from the film only one old true - don&#039;t to know beforehand. To receive black mourning stones - needn&#039;t too. If it is unique chance to see Stranger side by side - I would agree even to die. I am not afraid of the end of the world and absolutely don&#039;t believe in it. I believe only in Maloney&#039;s acting. Sooner I will believe that Stranger come into my life some day. Will be cool!!! So, perhaps, in film he called wrong: He is not the Stranger, he - The Dream.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The only thing I didn&#039;t like - the computer graphics, painting him, in the end. I don&#039;t want that living acting of the actor replace for picture. He was so unusual and convincing beside others that it wasn&#039;t necessary to him to emphasize his unearthly origin (or Angelic - it doesn&#039;t matter). Just between ourselves, it was a pity that such a beautiful bodily cover turned to ashes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In addition, I was puzzled, how may take Stranger&#039;s hand - it is possible to take only flesh, but it&#039;s the spirit and no more than. But the boy easy took his hand. These are all nonsense, certainly, but interestingly what kind of hand was by feel. :- ) In my opinion not all is thought over here. Also the landscape of new earth was too fictitious, ears are similar to seaweed, too thick. Even displeased. The natural would be better, yes? Interestingly whose handwriting figures are written indeed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Stranger wins the heart by severity of mien and subtlety of features... By depth of a look, certainly. And that keeps silence. His eyes - as huge black bonfire. Face - as if made of valuable glass and thin as a beam. Even it was terrible for his fragility. Sometimes for some reason it is a pity this pale ascetic young man.He was magnificent. Maloney&#039;s beauty in this image was perfect! As it was spiritual beauty.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When I have seen Stranger&#039;s eyes in a rear-view mirror, I understood that he in point of fact wish to help them! Though I have started to guess, that he&#039;s the positive hero after a scene in wood, when Stranger not made to anybody anything bad. Was nothing besides original fit of anger. But it was very terrible when he slowly turned, and I waited for the bad from him.I even thought that he will present a life to Diana. It would be showier to my mind. Was very a pity to me that it didn&#039;t happen. It was such senseless death. I felt sorry for her. I&#039;m sure, then she at last has understood all correctly. But to understand - she was too fretful. Yet on her place - I would be same. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maloney&#039;s great services that he succeeded in finding image of this surprising creature who is given to know everything and look into the soul and judge on its merits. Yes, only the one, who decide the fate of men, can to look so intently and heavily. I couldn&#039;t look in such severely burning through eyes. If once to see face like this - never can forget. Anybody except him would not to look so. Thanks for this exact and beautiful personage, Daniel Maloney! &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whisperer was most unsophisticated and real of all. He made especially strong and deep impression in the end. When all was clear without words, only by means of play his eyes and face. By means of slow heavy foot. The whole tragedy of the situation was convey in coldness of eyes and its inexorability. Not at all trite remarks and play of protagonists in this scene - although it move deeply. This coldness and even shadow of disdain human feeling in all stranger&#039;s aspect and his head turn were awful and impressive, because distinctly indicated that all decided and nothing can be changed neither tears no persuasion. It was very lamentably and sick at heart to see a back of the Stranger - which was so indifferent, and sharp profile too. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It is this hero who suggested that happy-end will not be. Stranger looked down too severely and unresponsive. I believed it at once therefore it was taken so naturally that unhappy heroes understood it without further ado. About film they say anything, but all is related to Stranger - are superbly and truthfully. All his figure - unruffled calm and ice - personified destiny which nobody can argue. As though the destiny stood at the house of father and his son like motionless black silhouette. It should be terrible and it was terrible. All right.&lt;br&gt;In spite of gloominess and complexity of silent personage, the image carries in itself light as the black night sky lights stars. Unusual combination - heavy foot of elderly tired man and youthful pure face as if shining from within. Only eyes live on this awesome face and it sparkle. Such especial severity and laconism in all! - in hands that pressed closely to a body like wings of a bird... In simplicity of whole his clothes. Even in buttoned-up shirt which accentuate slender neck. And in strictly close lips and all of his restrained manners. In peculiar smoothness of movements when he was coming into (or even was sailing into) the room of a boy like imponderable illusion or just a shadow in this lone neglected house, where so pity all. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He walked so cautiously... May be that not to break the silence of sleeping house and not to awake father who could prevent to show. It is one of the best and most intensive scenes of a film. Maloney radiant in it: he was from other world really and walked gently as a nightly dream which neither hail nor drive away. I noticed Whisperer with care went past by toy car, without having trod on it heavy boot. I have seen something kind in this episode. Charm of any work is in details. It was one of them. And also many feelings have touched upon shots in the beginning - Night cities and roads which look from above as rivers of flame. And sun in clouds which Lucinda looked on. Circle of sun from father&#039;s glass on Lucinda&#039;s leaf. And that wolves hear very far howl - beautiful metaphor. Stranger&#039;s eyes which similar to black stones... In the end when the boy and the girl have turned back and looked so lightly - it is enough to understand that on the new earth they are well, their easy clothes on a wind symbolize happy future, is it true? And conciliative contrast: blaze - cool grass, black smoke of a fire - white clothes of a new life. But for some reason all spectators worry as they will live and speculate about they perish. &quot;A word is enough to the wise&quot;, said more than enough to see, to my mind. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Stranger almost doesn&#039;t move in a film. His impassivity set off vanity of other people, their fear and uncertainty. It was thought up so strongly and brilliantly! Maloney sensed it deeply and so great! Daniel Maloney succeeded in expression the whole point of his hero. Because not without reason he stood astride - such steady as he had been made of monolith. In this disintegrating world only he seemed secure. Power breathed from his imposing figure. Also to my liking his coolness and lack of trembling in front of arm pointed at him. Probably it would not inflict a wound to him… But it was beautifully… Was beautifully his grit and invulnerability.&lt;br&gt;In the middle of a film I began to expect that help should come from Whispering Strangers. There was nothing else to hope. And aid came from them... though not as it would like. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maloney introduced into the film a lot of meaning, in spite of the fact that he had quite little time for it. The more I think of film the more shades of meaning I see.I understand, Stranger&#039;s figure was a key to all. He was personification of the destiny, fate, and that nothing to change. Even modern Australian Voland from &quot;Master and Margarita&quot;, but only yourng. Oh yes, uselessly to threaten with pistol, bat and anyhow. It opens doors without a key and comes like it or not. Also does not make concessions. All correct, that was an accurate observation... &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Do you remember the episode: Diana carry off kids, but girl say - &quot;They know where we are.&quot; It makes one shiver. It also confirms my guess that he are fate! It is impossible to leave, run and so on...Dead duck! - as they say. What for to crush all of us!? I never found it out - remained behind a shot. Unmeaning death is foolish. About figures and role of prophecy would think up better, yes? Isn&#039;t all this that the father let the son go? Or only for fear? It would be easier to dictate words, but then would be no film... Only fair-haired hero knew why. We are only eyewitnesses of events which nobody explained anything. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Something waits for all of us ahead. But if the destiny looked such beautiful eyes it would be better. The Stranger - amazing being. What you will not read in his eyes! If he was on the screen longer, we would understand all that remained unspoken in this film. He wins the sympathy like smoke. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I think that if somewhere is best worlds, and they belong to people better than we, then these people are similar to Maloney as he were in this film. They have the same majestic proud appearance and noble feature. Only I will not have enough fantasy to see what zenith opens wide its flaring depths and whirls, and take he away...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;...Whirling sky was just a picture - Maloney was real! All real touches deeply. Was beautifully and solemnly, when his hero stood resisting to a wind, and a wind blew about his clothes, as if he&#039;s strange bird and clothes is his plumage. He seemed to me the cold bird. But Whisperer was proud of the mission, it was visible. As if only for this purpose he stood to show how it is necessary to resist to a wind, to be brave. He stood answering a wind with the proud beauty. Even when other strangers moved away letting he have the foreground, accentuating his exceptionality. He was impressive and at the same time touching...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I want he come flying again. I don&#039;t remember any more that my nice Stranger is no but the fact is. He&#039;s only fairy tale. Even his black stones wished to fly with him but dropped back. They&#039;re same powerless as people, which he didn&#039;t take with himself... And father fell too.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However the father should stay. He didn&#039;t finish something in the life - he must make his peace with father. Probably our shrewd Stranger was the same opinion. May be his long gaze, castied in the end, points to it. Think, all of us live because something important have not made yet. We cannot die until we will not make all that should. ...People are supposed to complete the story themselves. Of course, in different ways. Nobody knows all secrets of the universe. However it&#039;s all the same to me, it’s absolutely the same. But splendidly that they invented the Stranger and he&#039;s exactly this. He&#039;s so delicate and transparent; I like his inconceivable eyes, fragile cheekbones and snow hair. He&#039;s whole look like flute&#039;s sound. Or he&#039;s just legend. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Audience see him as horror as a rule. Or see him as angel. I say - he was exactly what is needed!!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In my representation angels should look kinder than he. Their likeness is not so domineering. And so I don&#039;t like this version. I at all do not like any religion. All the more Gods revenge the similarity and I am superstitious. I just want to believe in miracle.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He was not just the fright for thriller too. It is not a thriller at all. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If only a little more :- ). Really only the girl in the beginning was terrible very much. Lucinda scared her sickly crazy look and bloody fingers. (By the way it is our Knowledgeable one who reduced her to this condition. May be Stranger should be reproached for evil here? However not Maloney have thought up it and the director. I know that Maloney&#039;s the writer himself and, i&#039;m sure, he would think up the best scenario.  And in general i have faith in him.&lt;br&gt;Nobody knows what own secret sense Maloney put in this image. Something all the same remains secret. I know merely - his name Daniel and I am pleased to know this. The name&#039;s ring beautifully and softly. He isn&#039;t nameless how was written in somebody&#039;s review.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And, or all that, not only he was silent, but also all anyhow. Neither fathers nor sons talk with each other openheartedly. Do you remember what the boy looked at the father from a stairs without daring to approach or without knowing how to speak with him. So painfully to look at it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Incidentally, I read foreign (for me foreign) comment Knowing and it&#039;s so differ from comment of Russian audience. At us nobody sees religious reason; anybody also does not wish to see. Foreign on the contrary think about it so seriously. It seemed to me that all metaphors used in a film are clear only to Catholics. We are orthodox and that&#039;s why we possibly understand nothing. However any religion is alien to me and to the majority. But everyone finds something the near in a film. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stranger&#039;s idea was conceived and embodied beautifully. Apart from how many emotions and strained attention terrible scenes with him have provoked. But, certainly, it is not so much how Daniel Maloney provoke me now. If it were not for Whispering Star I would never have known Daniel. This image opened his particular beauty. If it was not for Daniel - would not be the Stranger. Never! Straightforwardness and integrity of his look - all, that is pleasant to me in people. I think if Stranger turned out like this, Maloney has found these fine qualities in himself. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maloney short biography seemed to me hugely curious. Although I may not understood everything correctly in English. But I saw, he was a rebel. And I respect self-willed and independent character. I have noticed his fearless look. I think that a basis of any beauty is courage. In it&#039;s a secret of Maloney&#039;s charm and irresistibility. I cannot envisage him the comedian. Probably from that saw him in such serious and tragical role. Sometimes I think - whether he wanted burst out laughing while shooting. When it is necessary to depict gravity - sometimes it becomes ridiculous. Especially if you cheerful.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But his cheerful face remains behind a shot.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Interestingly, what Daniel does now. Does he act in any film? I want it very much, because I will see him again. Or does he work at the theatre? Write music? Like this was wrote about him on one of sites. And it is pleasant to me. I think that if he&#039;s the dancer and musician - which may means that he&#039;s subtle romantic. And light which flows from eyes are real! - from the bottom of his heart. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It is a pity to me that is known so a little about him. Hi&#039;s as Whispering Hero! Especial and full of mystery. Sadly to this day he was well-known only in Australia. Someone has written his biography. And what will he tell himself?Was it interesting to him to act in this film? Does he like the Stranger yourself? Does he agree with his Wispering Hero or not? It will be interesting to learn about it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I very very very hope that soon he will gladden the admirers with new remarkable work. But for me he&#039;ll stay forever come down to earth Star Wanderer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I am not afraid of the Stranger&#8221;<br />I want to write about that most of all was pleasant in a film.Or rather about sombody.<br />Image of star wanderer typed in my memory once and for all. It was remembered me his chiselled face, such manly and strong. His eyes &#8211; the most unfathomable that I&#39;ve ever seen. He have eclipsed all other personage. It&#39;s amazing how Daniel Maloney succeeded in depict sombre piercing coldness of space alien. Especially in the end, where lights and darks was passing over his face. Stranger was also irresistible when he were going away with weary steps, arrogantly and gracefully having turned his head. <br />We have a lot of spectators who appreciated at its true value this image. I think it was not simple role. It has been played so skillfully, that often, when I leave the house, it&#39;s seems to me, I will observe black tall figure in the crowd. Black but blond. As a symbol of good. It is pleasant to me whole his shape alien to any falseness and lie. And his gaze kind of very honest.<br />I have understood from the film only one old true &#8211; don&#39;t to know beforehand. To receive black mourning stones &#8211; needn&#39;t too. If it is unique chance to see Stranger side by side &#8211; I would agree even to die. I am not afraid of the end of the world and absolutely don&#39;t believe in it. I believe only in Maloney&#39;s acting. Sooner I will believe that Stranger come into my life some day. Will be cool!!! So, perhaps, in film he called wrong: He is not the Stranger, he &#8211; The Dream.</p>
<p>The only thing I didn&#39;t like &#8211; the computer graphics, painting him, in the end. I don&#39;t want that living acting of the actor replace for picture. He was so unusual and convincing beside others that it wasn&#39;t necessary to him to emphasize his unearthly origin (or Angelic &#8211; it doesn&#39;t matter). Just between ourselves, it was a pity that such a beautiful bodily cover turned to ashes.</p>
<p>In addition, I was puzzled, how may take Stranger&#39;s hand &#8211; it is possible to take only flesh, but it&#39;s the spirit and no more than. But the boy easy took his hand. These are all nonsense, certainly, but interestingly what kind of hand was by feel. :- ) In my opinion not all is thought over here. Also the landscape of new earth was too fictitious, ears are similar to seaweed, too thick. Even displeased. The natural would be better, yes? Interestingly whose handwriting figures are written indeed.</p>
<p>The Stranger wins the heart by severity of mien and subtlety of features&#8230; By depth of a look, certainly. And that keeps silence. His eyes &#8211; as huge black bonfire. Face &#8211; as if made of valuable glass and thin as a beam. Even it was terrible for his fragility. Sometimes for some reason it is a pity this pale ascetic young man.He was magnificent. Maloney&#39;s beauty in this image was perfect! As it was spiritual beauty.</p>
<p>When I have seen Stranger&#39;s eyes in a rear-view mirror, I understood that he in point of fact wish to help them! Though I have started to guess, that he&#39;s the positive hero after a scene in wood, when Stranger not made to anybody anything bad. Was nothing besides original fit of anger. But it was very terrible when he slowly turned, and I waited for the bad from him.I even thought that he will present a life to Diana. It would be showier to my mind. Was very a pity to me that it didn&#39;t happen. It was such senseless death. I felt sorry for her. I&#39;m sure, then she at last has understood all correctly. But to understand &#8211; she was too fretful. Yet on her place &#8211; I would be same. </p>
<p>Maloney&#39;s great services that he succeeded in finding image of this surprising creature who is given to know everything and look into the soul and judge on its merits. Yes, only the one, who decide the fate of men, can to look so intently and heavily. I couldn&#39;t look in such severely burning through eyes. If once to see face like this &#8211; never can forget. Anybody except him would not to look so. Thanks for this exact and beautiful personage, Daniel Maloney! </p>
<p>Whisperer was most unsophisticated and real of all. He made especially strong and deep impression in the end. When all was clear without words, only by means of play his eyes and face. By means of slow heavy foot. The whole tragedy of the situation was convey in coldness of eyes and its inexorability. Not at all trite remarks and play of protagonists in this scene &#8211; although it move deeply. This coldness and even shadow of disdain human feeling in all stranger&#39;s aspect and his head turn were awful and impressive, because distinctly indicated that all decided and nothing can be changed neither tears no persuasion. It was very lamentably and sick at heart to see a back of the Stranger &#8211; which was so indifferent, and sharp profile too. </p>
<p>It is this hero who suggested that happy-end will not be. Stranger looked down too severely and unresponsive. I believed it at once therefore it was taken so naturally that unhappy heroes understood it without further ado. About film they say anything, but all is related to Stranger &#8211; are superbly and truthfully. All his figure &#8211; unruffled calm and ice &#8211; personified destiny which nobody can argue. As though the destiny stood at the house of father and his son like motionless black silhouette. It should be terrible and it was terrible. All right.<br />In spite of gloominess and complexity of silent personage, the image carries in itself light as the black night sky lights stars. Unusual combination &#8211; heavy foot of elderly tired man and youthful pure face as if shining from within. Only eyes live on this awesome face and it sparkle. Such especial severity and laconism in all! &#8211; in hands that pressed closely to a body like wings of a bird&#8230; In simplicity of whole his clothes. Even in buttoned-up shirt which accentuate slender neck. And in strictly close lips and all of his restrained manners. In peculiar smoothness of movements when he was coming into (or even was sailing into) the room of a boy like imponderable illusion or just a shadow in this lone neglected house, where so pity all. </p>
<p>He walked so cautiously&#8230; May be that not to break the silence of sleeping house and not to awake father who could prevent to show. It is one of the best and most intensive scenes of a film. Maloney radiant in it: he was from other world really and walked gently as a nightly dream which neither hail nor drive away. I noticed Whisperer with care went past by toy car, without having trod on it heavy boot. I have seen something kind in this episode. Charm of any work is in details. It was one of them. And also many feelings have touched upon shots in the beginning &#8211; Night cities and roads which look from above as rivers of flame. And sun in clouds which Lucinda looked on. Circle of sun from father&#39;s glass on Lucinda&#39;s leaf. And that wolves hear very far howl &#8211; beautiful metaphor. Stranger&#39;s eyes which similar to black stones&#8230; In the end when the boy and the girl have turned back and looked so lightly &#8211; it is enough to understand that on the new earth they are well, their easy clothes on a wind symbolize happy future, is it true? And conciliative contrast: blaze &#8211; cool grass, black smoke of a fire &#8211; white clothes of a new life. But for some reason all spectators worry as they will live and speculate about they perish. &#8220;A word is enough to the wise&#8221;, said more than enough to see, to my mind. </p>
<p>The Stranger almost doesn&#39;t move in a film. His impassivity set off vanity of other people, their fear and uncertainty. It was thought up so strongly and brilliantly! Maloney sensed it deeply and so great! Daniel Maloney succeeded in expression the whole point of his hero. Because not without reason he stood astride &#8211; such steady as he had been made of monolith. In this disintegrating world only he seemed secure. Power breathed from his imposing figure. Also to my liking his coolness and lack of trembling in front of arm pointed at him. Probably it would not inflict a wound to him… But it was beautifully… Was beautifully his grit and invulnerability.<br />In the middle of a film I began to expect that help should come from Whispering Strangers. There was nothing else to hope. And aid came from them&#8230; though not as it would like. </p>
<p>Maloney introduced into the film a lot of meaning, in spite of the fact that he had quite little time for it. The more I think of film the more shades of meaning I see.I understand, Stranger&#39;s figure was a key to all. He was personification of the destiny, fate, and that nothing to change. Even modern Australian Voland from &#8220;Master and Margarita&#8221;, but only yourng. Oh yes, uselessly to threaten with pistol, bat and anyhow. It opens doors without a key and comes like it or not. Also does not make concessions. All correct, that was an accurate observation&#8230; </p>
<p>Do you remember the episode: Diana carry off kids, but girl say &#8211; &#8220;They know where we are.&#8221; It makes one shiver. It also confirms my guess that he are fate! It is impossible to leave, run and so on&#8230;Dead duck! &#8211; as they say. What for to crush all of us!? I never found it out &#8211; remained behind a shot. Unmeaning death is foolish. About figures and role of prophecy would think up better, yes? Isn&#39;t all this that the father let the son go? Or only for fear? It would be easier to dictate words, but then would be no film&#8230; Only fair-haired hero knew why. We are only eyewitnesses of events which nobody explained anything. </p>
<p>Something waits for all of us ahead. But if the destiny looked such beautiful eyes it would be better. The Stranger &#8211; amazing being. What you will not read in his eyes! If he was on the screen longer, we would understand all that remained unspoken in this film. He wins the sympathy like smoke. </p>
<p>I think that if somewhere is best worlds, and they belong to people better than we, then these people are similar to Maloney as he were in this film. They have the same majestic proud appearance and noble feature. Only I will not have enough fantasy to see what zenith opens wide its flaring depths and whirls, and take he away&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;Whirling sky was just a picture &#8211; Maloney was real! All real touches deeply. Was beautifully and solemnly, when his hero stood resisting to a wind, and a wind blew about his clothes, as if he&#39;s strange bird and clothes is his plumage. He seemed to me the cold bird. But Whisperer was proud of the mission, it was visible. As if only for this purpose he stood to show how it is necessary to resist to a wind, to be brave. He stood answering a wind with the proud beauty. Even when other strangers moved away letting he have the foreground, accentuating his exceptionality. He was impressive and at the same time touching&#8230;</p>
<p>I want he come flying again. I don&#39;t remember any more that my nice Stranger is no but the fact is. He&#39;s only fairy tale. Even his black stones wished to fly with him but dropped back. They&#39;re same powerless as people, which he didn&#39;t take with himself&#8230; And father fell too.</p>
<p>However the father should stay. He didn&#39;t finish something in the life &#8211; he must make his peace with father. Probably our shrewd Stranger was the same opinion. May be his long gaze, castied in the end, points to it. Think, all of us live because something important have not made yet. We cannot die until we will not make all that should. &#8230;People are supposed to complete the story themselves. Of course, in different ways. Nobody knows all secrets of the universe. However it&#39;s all the same to me, it’s absolutely the same. But splendidly that they invented the Stranger and he&#39;s exactly this. He&#39;s so delicate and transparent; I like his inconceivable eyes, fragile cheekbones and snow hair. He&#39;s whole look like flute&#39;s sound. Or he&#39;s just legend. </p>
<p>Audience see him as horror as a rule. Or see him as angel. I say &#8211; he was exactly what is needed!!!</p>
<p>In my representation angels should look kinder than he. Their likeness is not so domineering. And so I don&#39;t like this version. I at all do not like any religion. All the more Gods revenge the similarity and I am superstitious. I just want to believe in miracle.</p>
<p>He was not just the fright for thriller too. It is not a thriller at all. </p>
<p>If only a little more :- ). Really only the girl in the beginning was terrible very much. Lucinda scared her sickly crazy look and bloody fingers. (By the way it is our Knowledgeable one who reduced her to this condition. May be Stranger should be reproached for evil here? However not Maloney have thought up it and the director. I know that Maloney&#39;s the writer himself and, i&#39;m sure, he would think up the best scenario.  And in general i have faith in him.<br />Nobody knows what own secret sense Maloney put in this image. Something all the same remains secret. I know merely &#8211; his name Daniel and I am pleased to know this. The name&#39;s ring beautifully and softly. He isn&#39;t nameless how was written in somebody&#39;s review.</p>
<p>And, or all that, not only he was silent, but also all anyhow. Neither fathers nor sons talk with each other openheartedly. Do you remember what the boy looked at the father from a stairs without daring to approach or without knowing how to speak with him. So painfully to look at it.</p>
<p>Incidentally, I read foreign (for me foreign) comment Knowing and it&#39;s so differ from comment of Russian audience. At us nobody sees religious reason; anybody also does not wish to see. Foreign on the contrary think about it so seriously. It seemed to me that all metaphors used in a film are clear only to Catholics. We are orthodox and that&#39;s why we possibly understand nothing. However any religion is alien to me and to the majority. But everyone finds something the near in a film. </p>
<p>Stranger&#39;s idea was conceived and embodied beautifully. Apart from how many emotions and strained attention terrible scenes with him have provoked. But, certainly, it is not so much how Daniel Maloney provoke me now. If it were not for Whispering Star I would never have known Daniel. This image opened his particular beauty. If it was not for Daniel &#8211; would not be the Stranger. Never! Straightforwardness and integrity of his look &#8211; all, that is pleasant to me in people. I think if Stranger turned out like this, Maloney has found these fine qualities in himself. </p>
<p>Maloney short biography seemed to me hugely curious. Although I may not understood everything correctly in English. But I saw, he was a rebel. And I respect self-willed and independent character. I have noticed his fearless look. I think that a basis of any beauty is courage. In it&#39;s a secret of Maloney&#39;s charm and irresistibility. I cannot envisage him the comedian. Probably from that saw him in such serious and tragical role. Sometimes I think &#8211; whether he wanted burst out laughing while shooting. When it is necessary to depict gravity &#8211; sometimes it becomes ridiculous. Especially if you cheerful.</p>
<p>But his cheerful face remains behind a shot.</p>
<p>Interestingly, what Daniel does now. Does he act in any film? I want it very much, because I will see him again. Or does he work at the theatre? Write music? Like this was wrote about him on one of sites. And it is pleasant to me. I think that if he&#39;s the dancer and musician &#8211; which may means that he&#39;s subtle romantic. And light which flows from eyes are real! &#8211; from the bottom of his heart. </p>
<p>It is a pity to me that is known so a little about him. Hi&#39;s as Whispering Hero! Especial and full of mystery. Sadly to this day he was well-known only in Australia. Someone has written his biography. And what will he tell himself?Was it interesting to him to act in this film? Does he like the Stranger yourself? Does he agree with his Wispering Hero or not? It will be interesting to learn about it.</p>
<p>I very very very hope that soon he will gladden the admirers with new remarkable work. But for me he&#39;ll stay forever come down to earth Star Wanderer.</p>
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		<title>By: Gary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I watched the Blu-Ray DVD of the movie a second time last night. I&#039;ll probably watch it a third time. When I first saw the film, I too was expecting an Armageddon-esque, CGI thrill ride; in fact, that&#039;s what I was hoping for--some big, dumb fun at the end of a tortuous day in the real world. What I got was a surprise: a character-driven thriller and some very good acting by Nicholas Cage (remember Ghost Rider?).  The second viewing allowed me to enjoy some of the finer points that established Cage&#039;s character: the icepick-in-your-chest pain of seeing the video of his dead wife; the decidedly non-action star way in which he handled the snub-nosed revolver; the s*#@ happens dissociation in the classroom. All good stuff. The ending left me a little lacking, but it beats the typical deus-ex-machina crap that Hollywood usually chucks on us. Hey... any reasonably intelligent person (and EVERY unreasonable numbskull) can find something to absolutely love or absolutely hate about absolutely everything. It&#039;s a movie. I was entertained.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I watched the Blu-Ray DVD of the movie a second time last night. I&#39;ll probably watch it a third time. When I first saw the film, I too was expecting an Armageddon-esque, CGI thrill ride; in fact, that&#39;s what I was hoping for&#8211;some big, dumb fun at the end of a tortuous day in the real world. What I got was a surprise: a character-driven thriller and some very good acting by Nicholas Cage (remember Ghost Rider?).  The second viewing allowed me to enjoy some of the finer points that established Cage&#39;s character: the icepick-in-your-chest pain of seeing the video of his dead wife; the decidedly non-action star way in which he handled the snub-nosed revolver; the s*#@ happens dissociation in the classroom. All good stuff. The ending left me a little lacking, but it beats the typical deus-ex-machina crap that Hollywood usually chucks on us. Hey&#8230; any reasonably intelligent person (and EVERY unreasonable numbskull) can find something to absolutely love or absolutely hate about absolutely everything. It&#39;s a movie. I was entertained.</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I dont know if its a religious movie and a scientific movie... but they have made some good &quot;not so direct&quot; references to the bible and the most debated co-existence of science and religion. I like how the aliens were created to depict angel like appearance... basically no body knows what angels look like, and I would assume they do not have humanly characteristics but just probably a human silhouette... which is whats shown in the movie, with divine light of course... and mystical beautiful wings. &lt;br&gt;The ending was awesome... the shot of ONE SINGLE tree... I cannot believe nobody caught that... Tree of Good and evil... Genisis gonna start all over again! :) dunnn dunnn dunnnn...!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I dont know if its a religious movie and a scientific movie&#8230; but they have made some good &#8220;not so direct&#8221; references to the bible and the most debated co-existence of science and religion. I like how the aliens were created to depict angel like appearance&#8230; basically no body knows what angels look like, and I would assume they do not have humanly characteristics but just probably a human silhouette&#8230; which is whats shown in the movie, with divine light of course&#8230; and mystical beautiful wings. <br />The ending was awesome&#8230; the shot of ONE SINGLE tree&#8230; I cannot believe nobody caught that&#8230; Tree of Good and evil&#8230; Genisis gonna start all over again! :) dunnn dunnn dunnnn&#8230;!!</p>
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		<title>By: William J</title>
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		<dc:creator>William J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It has to be one of the most strangests I have seen Yet. Coming from Hollywood. I did not  expect it to be a real religous film. The sad is most of us are not tuned into history or even Prophecy. Although Numerology is a study of numbers. You can learn from it, not learn from it but the action packed scenes left me on the edge of the seat at times. If you watch Jack Van Impe presents on a regular basis. People would know that awful times are ahead. We have the conflict in the middle East about to exlpode into chaos. America&#039;s values are in decline with socialism being called good. 

Toss around whatever historic texts out their painting a supreme creator being from another planet. Claiming Earth is a slave colony mining natural resourses. You will end up being labeled a paranoid conspiracy theorist so enough with the red herrings. Your not fully thinking outside the box. We should all remember, those who don&#039;t know history are doomed to repeat it.

The movie overall message is that we must come together as a society with families coming back together or perish in a Apocalyptic event. I am somewhat disappointed that they  show the beings in black trenchcoats as being a bit synister.

In the end the film sends a mixed message that only children will be saved and forget the bible believing christians that are adults. What  do they know? Huh?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has to be one of the most strangests I have seen Yet. Coming from Hollywood. I did not  expect it to be a real religous film. The sad is most of us are not tuned into history or even Prophecy. Although Numerology is a study of numbers. You can learn from it, not learn from it but the action packed scenes left me on the edge of the seat at times. If you watch Jack Van Impe presents on a regular basis. People would know that awful times are ahead. We have the conflict in the middle East about to exlpode into chaos. America&#8217;s values are in decline with socialism being called good. </p>
<p>Toss around whatever historic texts out their painting a supreme creator being from another planet. Claiming Earth is a slave colony mining natural resourses. You will end up being labeled a paranoid conspiracy theorist so enough with the red herrings. Your not fully thinking outside the box. We should all remember, those who don&#8217;t know history are doomed to repeat it.</p>
<p>The movie overall message is that we must come together as a society with families coming back together or perish in a Apocalyptic event. I am somewhat disappointed that they  show the beings in black trenchcoats as being a bit synister.</p>
<p>In the end the film sends a mixed message that only children will be saved and forget the bible believing christians that are adults. What  do they know? Huh?</p>
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		<title>By: Santiago</title>
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		<dc:creator>Santiago</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I went in with neutral expectations, and  very quickly tired of the Cage character...did not care for his personal problems or history, and his tendency to be in a zone of his own, you want to reach inside the movie and slap him around a few times...while the cgi effects are fantastic, any movie that shows the end of the  world is not going to be a successful movie. I cannot recommend it, and there goes your word of mouth.  Maybe a one hour episode of the Twilight zone might have worked, but not on a big budget movie...I must say however, the first half was interesting, but again I did not care for the Cage character.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went in with neutral expectations, and  very quickly tired of the Cage character&#8230;did not care for his personal problems or history, and his tendency to be in a zone of his own, you want to reach inside the movie and slap him around a few times&#8230;while the cgi effects are fantastic, any movie that shows the end of the  world is not going to be a successful movie. I cannot recommend it, and there goes your word of mouth.  Maybe a one hour episode of the Twilight zone might have worked, but not on a big budget movie&#8230;I must say however, the first half was interesting, but again I did not care for the Cage character.</p>
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		<title>By: confusion</title>
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		<dc:creator>confusion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So recently saw this movie, and I&#039;d recommend it to anyone looking for  movie to see.. but I&#039;m a bit confused as to the ideas behind it, are these &#039;whisperers&#039; aliens or angels? or both? also, the part at the end with the chosen being taken to a new planet makes me think..is the idea that these aliens/angels know when the world is going to end, or do they cause the worlds end?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So recently saw this movie, and I&#8217;d recommend it to anyone looking for  movie to see.. but I&#8217;m a bit confused as to the ideas behind it, are these &#8216;whisperers&#8217; aliens or angels? or both? also, the part at the end with the chosen being taken to a new planet makes me think..is the idea that these aliens/angels know when the world is going to end, or do they cause the worlds end?</p>
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		<title>By: skippy2057</title>
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		<dc:creator>skippy2057</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I enjoyed the movie overall, although I agree the Diana Wayland character was kind of oddly written (or directed, or acted). I thought Nicholas Cage was quite good, as was the young man playing his son.

The airliner crash was pretty wrenching to watch, and very well executed. It reminded me of some set pieces in &quot;Children of Men&quot;, where the CGI is used almost invisibly - in the sense that you have these drawn-out scenes where the characters are moving through, and interacting with, real and enhanced elements in a very &quot;matter of fact&quot; way.

I&#039;m not sure about the ending, I think I need to see it again. In some weird way, it was not quite as &quot;magical&quot; or &quot;majestic&quot; as it might have been, at least for me. I liked the idea behind the ending, pulling together major themes from the Bible and science fiction as it did.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I enjoyed the movie overall, although I agree the Diana Wayland character was kind of oddly written (or directed, or acted). I thought Nicholas Cage was quite good, as was the young man playing his son.</p>
<p>The airliner crash was pretty wrenching to watch, and very well executed. It reminded me of some set pieces in &#8220;Children of Men&#8221;, where the CGI is used almost invisibly &#8211; in the sense that you have these drawn-out scenes where the characters are moving through, and interacting with, real and enhanced elements in a very &#8220;matter of fact&#8221; way.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure about the ending, I think I need to see it again. In some weird way, it was not quite as &#8220;magical&#8221; or &#8220;majestic&#8221; as it might have been, at least for me. I liked the idea behind the ending, pulling together major themes from the Bible and science fiction as it did.</p>
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		<title>By: what if</title>
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		<dc:creator>what if</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>if you was to do some research on the Mayan calendar and the date of 2012 and the planet x you would see key facts portrayed in this movie, the reference to the bible was very good.
 Under intense studying i have found that the bible is a reproduction of some Sumerian text rewrote throughout history almost like Chinese whispers but some still true to its original meaning IE we were made in the image of the creator said in Sumerian texts and in the bible, but the creator was said to be beings from another planet (planet x) according to the Sumerians who wrote this 6000 years ago after mapping the galaxy in supreme accuracy with a planet not yet discovered by modern man at the moment, we were made to be slaves to mine the resources of a our planet to sustain the workings of the planet x but as its orbit is one of 36000 years evolution steps in and the slaves breed uncontrollably  and use the resources of earth to their own needs becoming smarter but not by a lot we were made in the image of the creator not given full access to the mental power of the creators hence why we only use 11% of the brain when at full capacity so what better way to control the slaves when the creator returns but to wipe out 90% of the over grown population 10% that survives will be easy to control as you know humans are very resilient and when the creators come back they would not be greeted with open arms willing them to rules us again and now that man has the threat of nuclear weapons there would be no peaceful resolve so to melt the ice caps and cause a great flood (Noah the bible) would greatly increase the chance that the creators have of re dominating the earth. The Mexican government has already declared that UFO&#039;s exist as they plague the sky&#039;s of their country, the same country that had a civilization as good as modern man does today 4000 years ago, I could go on forever But great movie yeah if only we all could become self informed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>if you was to do some research on the Mayan calendar and the date of 2012 and the planet x you would see key facts portrayed in this movie, the reference to the bible was very good.<br />
 Under intense studying i have found that the bible is a reproduction of some Sumerian text rewrote throughout history almost like Chinese whispers but some still true to its original meaning IE we were made in the image of the creator said in Sumerian texts and in the bible, but the creator was said to be beings from another planet (planet x) according to the Sumerians who wrote this 6000 years ago after mapping the galaxy in supreme accuracy with a planet not yet discovered by modern man at the moment, we were made to be slaves to mine the resources of a our planet to sustain the workings of the planet x but as its orbit is one of 36000 years evolution steps in and the slaves breed uncontrollably  and use the resources of earth to their own needs becoming smarter but not by a lot we were made in the image of the creator not given full access to the mental power of the creators hence why we only use 11% of the brain when at full capacity so what better way to control the slaves when the creator returns but to wipe out 90% of the over grown population 10% that survives will be easy to control as you know humans are very resilient and when the creators come back they would not be greeted with open arms willing them to rules us again and now that man has the threat of nuclear weapons there would be no peaceful resolve so to melt the ice caps and cause a great flood (Noah the bible) would greatly increase the chance that the creators have of re dominating the earth. The Mexican government has already declared that UFO&#8217;s exist as they plague the sky&#8217;s of their country, the same country that had a civilization as good as modern man does today 4000 years ago, I could go on forever But great movie yeah if only we all could become self informed</p>
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		<title>By: Dollfac3</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dollfac3</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I loved the movie just as much, towards the middle and end of the movie it got me thinking big time and i was surprised other people didnt catch it. But i was blown away, it sure did relate to the bible. On how the world was coming to an end. And how those voices the kids heard...it was like the children were the apostles being told by god or his angels that the world was coming to an end to let everyone know about it. And those who were &quot;chosen&quot; or heard were the ones who were saved and the rest to be burned and die in earth who didnt listen. So in the last seen it makes sense how they saved and were brought into a new life/new begging like adam and eve in paradise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I loved the movie just as much, towards the middle and end of the movie it got me thinking big time and i was surprised other people didnt catch it. But i was blown away, it sure did relate to the bible. On how the world was coming to an end. And how those voices the kids heard&#8230;it was like the children were the apostles being told by god or his angels that the world was coming to an end to let everyone know about it. And those who were &#8220;chosen&#8221; or heard were the ones who were saved and the rest to be burned and die in earth who didnt listen. So in the last seen it makes sense how they saved and were brought into a new life/new begging like adam and eve in paradise.</p>
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		<title>By: Nicole</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nicole</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This movie was absolutely amazing! I had a feeling that this was a winner and it was everything that I had hoped for and more. It was just entirely intelligent. I normally despise intense movies or sci-fi, but this was so much more than that. The tie-in with the biblical ideas, and sci-fi was something that I found tasteful and wonderful. Deifnitely one of the best movies I have ever seen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This movie was absolutely amazing! I had a feeling that this was a winner and it was everything that I had hoped for and more. It was just entirely intelligent. I normally despise intense movies or sci-fi, but this was so much more than that. The tie-in with the biblical ideas, and sci-fi was something that I found tasteful and wonderful. Deifnitely one of the best movies I have ever seen.</p>
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		<title>By: Mary Lou McKennie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mary Lou McKennie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am surprised that more people (read reviewers) did not pick up on the tie in to the Eziekel&#039;s wheel story from the bible, especially given the fact that John&#039;s father was a minister. The question for me was were these beings from another (secular) world, or in fact angels from God saving the last vestage of the human race. Great movie, great effects and great &quot;after the movie&quot; thinking time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am surprised that more people (read reviewers) did not pick up on the tie in to the Eziekel&#8217;s wheel story from the bible, especially given the fact that John&#8217;s father was a minister. The question for me was were these beings from another (secular) world, or in fact angels from God saving the last vestage of the human race. Great movie, great effects and great &#8220;after the movie&#8221; thinking time.</p>
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