posted March 04, 2003 12:09 PM           

What im after ideally is a film that is known to have used astrology in some capacity during the design process - if such a film exists?

posted March 04, 2003 12:32 PM         

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but in the long movie "Jesus of Nazareth" (from sometime in the 70's, I think) it shows the Three Wise Men doing Astrological calculations re what is pointing to the birth of Jesus. It's on video and can be rented anywhere if you care to take a look at it.

posted March 04, 2003 01:01 PM           

If i may clarify myself though, more what i'm looking for is instances of fully fictional films/universes that explicitly used astrology as a tool to make them more beleivable.

It's a good start though

posted March 20, 2003 05:27 PM         

i know danny devito is a scorpio and has directed several films . . . i suspect he uses astrology in his work, but i haven't got any proof.

linda says aquarians are good detectives . . . hehe, hope this leads you somewhere

keep us up to date.

cheers,

posted March 20, 2003 06:34 PM         

That Danny de Vito thing reminded me of something: Martin Scorsese is a Scorp, a fixed sign, right, and I noticed that he mostly uses "fixed signs" actors:

(in most of his films) Robert De Niro - Leo
Harvey Keitel - Taurus
Daniel Day Lewis - Taurus
Joe Pesci - Aquarius
Nick Nolte (Cape Fear) - Aquarius
Paul Newman (Colour of Money) - Aquarius
Leonardo di Caprio - Scorpio

exceptions are: Ray Liotta - Sagittarius (Goodfellas), Willem Defoe - Cancer (Last Temptation of Christ), Tom Cruise - Cancer (Colour of Money).

Age of Innocence, his I think only sensual film, was made by a sensual "fixed" quadruple: Scorsese (Scorp), Daniel Day Lewis (Taurus), Winona Ryder (Scorp), Michelle Pfeiffer (Taurus).

Do you think he's aware of all this?

You never know with a Scorpio, right

posted March 20, 2003 11:21 PM         

We are good detectives! We leave no stone unturned in search of the truth. Then we shall proceed to advise you of what we learned whether you want to know it or not LOL

posted March 22, 2003 02:10 PM         

First, the main characther, the girl, is a Pisces, saying so herself, describing her Piscean traits at the beginning of the movie and saying she's totally into astrology. OK, nothing unusual so far.
In the movie, she indeed embodies the negative aspects of Pisces: escapism (running away from reality), elusiveness etc., but she's a killer. Then the guy who is obssessed with her (a persistent Taurus in the movie, following her for years and years) meets her "mentor", and now we see why the girl has become a killer - she had come under the influence, or shall we say, the spell, of this strong woman. Everything clicks in the story when this woman says: "Kill of be killed." And the camera glides down to her necklace with a Scorpio pendant. For me this is the proof that the screenwriter had some (even though rather basic) knowledge about astrology. All this sounds pretty boring as I'm writing it now, but it looks much better in the movie.

So, we have a Pisces girl on the run, refusing to face the real world and therefore turning into a killer as a consequence of succumbing to the influence of this strong Scorpio woman (these two women are somehow magically connected to each other, there is some kind of a strong aethereal link between them, just like there often is between a Scorpio and a Pisces), and we have a persistent, simple Taurus young man, obssessed with the beauty (Taurus is ruled by Venus) and mysticism of this Pisces girl, trying to protect her and becoming her guardian angel.

Maybe you'll find this helpful, N_wEvil

posted March 22, 2003 04:19 PM           

BRILLIANT!!!!!

- just what i needed - thanks!!!