Robert Anton Wilson - Maybe Logic
by Lance Bauscher
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Actor: Douglas Rushkoff, Paul Krassner, Robert Anton Wilson, Tom Robbins, Valerie CorralDirector: Lance Bauscher
Editor: Lance Bauscher
Producer: Lance Bauscher
Writer: Lance Bauscher
Editor: Cody McClintock
Producer: Cody McClintock
Editor: Robert Dofflemyer
Producer: Robert Dofflemyer
Producer: Katherine Covell
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Disinformation
DVD Reviews of Robert Anton Wilson - Maybe Logic
DVD Review: .....
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought to type out a review of the documentary but the guy directly below me already wrote almost word for word what I imagine I was going to. So I'll just give my 2 cents on Robert Anton Wilson here. I like Wilson a lot. He's an interesting, sometimes fascinating guy. He's likable, obviously smart, and a very imaginative writer. I consider Wilson above all a fascinating conversationalist, wonderful story teller, and great humanitarian. And he's a humorist and useful social commentator. Now don't be mad reading this --because why should you care what I think anyway?-- but in my 'reality tunnel' RAW is a philosophical lightweight. Sorry. Sorry, but RAW is not a great philosopher like his crazy friend Timothy Leary claimed. Of course Leary had reason to praise Wislon, who was a great promoter of his ideas. No offense to fans intended at all. (Just compare to say...Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Robert Brandom, or even John Searle, Richard Rorty, Hillary Putnam, Dan Dennet, etc. etc. There is no real comparison between Wilson and world class philosophers.) But look, Douglas Rushkoff says that Wilson is the only one of his famous heroes that wasn't a disappointment to meet in person (He's met some famous people that were his heroes including Leary). That is saying something, is it not? If you know Rushkoff it is. And that Wilson has influenced a guy as sharp and important a social commentator as Rushkoff demonstrates he has indeed made a positive impact. I think RAW was maybe good at bricolage. Reading RAW reminds me of my experience reading Joseph Campbell in that he provides an introduction to a whole slew of topics and turns you on to them with his interesting, enthusiastic take on it all. RAW is like a powerful, potent gateway drug to even better drugs. Just my thoughts at this moment and they are always subject to change. R.I.P. RAWDVD Review: Great Guy, Diluted Documentary
Summary: 3 Stars
I feel like most of the 5 and 4 star ratings that this documentary has received are primarily given for the man himself and not for the quality of this DVD. It is interesting to watch once, but doesn't have much replay value. Most of his earlier talks that are included can be found online now, so it's really only the newer interviews that you'd be purchasing. And even these are just reaffirmations of his lifelong philosophies, along with some reflections on the pain of post-polio syndrome. Sprinkle in some vaguely trippy transitions and Boards of Canada to top it off.DVD Review: Buy this DVD if you are a fan of Robert Anton Wilson
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are new to the writings of Robert Anton Wilson, maybe you have just heard of him or maybe you are a science fiction fan who has read only The Illuminatus Trilogy, then don't bother to get this video. If you are intrigued by this writer and want to hear more of his message, then just read more of his books. Any of his books will do; however, I shall recommend Cosmic Trigger, Schroedinger's Cat, and/or Right Where You Are Sitting Now.
If you have read three or more of his books and you would really like to know more about the man, then definitely get this DVD. I met him at a convention about twenty years ago. I got to hear him talk and even to hang out with him a little bit. This man had an incredible presence and a beautiful spirit. Yes, I meant the past tense since he has since passed away. The video does a great job capturing the life and essence, and final days, of this heroic, visionary writer.
DVD Review: Gambles and Risks
Summary: 4 Stars
Robert Anton Wilson believed that there is no meaning in life; that meaning is in sentences. As a result, all perceptions are considered gambles: we believe what we see and then we believe our interpretations to be reality, not realizing that our interpretations are just interpretations. So we all perceive the world from the point of view of our individual "reality tunnels," and there is no vantage point from which "real" reality can be seen. Once one realizes that everyone else is looking through their own reality tunnel or grid or focus, it is easier to empathize, understand, and even forgive others. And if we are willing and able to tune in and listen, non-judgmentally, to other perceptions, we may learn something interesting about our world.
This DVD is well-produced and well worth watching for the compelling ideas and the humor of a man who challenged traditional Aristolian "either/or, yes/no" notions of logic (in favor of the "maybe logic" of quantum mechanics) and who refused to let his intellect and emotions be usurped by ideological dogma.
What I found particularly interesting, though, was Douglas Rushkoff's take on the element of danger inherent in R. Wilson's philosophy: "The biggest thing I got from Bob is that all of our reality constructs are models. All of them are approximations, are metaphors, are allegories for what's going on, and that we live in a world where we are all negotiating on behalf of our stories. We each create a story, a narrative, a picture, an allegory, a model for what's going on here and then we fight, sometimes to the death, to make others, if not believe in that model, we fight to be able to keep believing in it ourselves. So we try to erase contradictory evidence to that model. But it also becomes [to the point] where I end up parting ways philosophically with him, too. I get the feeling that Bob is not just _aspiritual_, but that he's _anti-spiritual_. He doesn't believe in God or Spirit or a special super-reality connecting us all--because it's not there, because it's not evident, because it's not apparent. And I feel in a way like Bob's world view, having passed through The Chapel Perilous of Wonder, that his view now is that, 'Well, there's nothing. This is it. Period.' As far as I'm concerned, the idea that there's nothing is just another, What if? It's the skeptic in _Cosmic Trigger_. It's the skeptic's world view. But it's just a world view. And I don't think it's any intrinsically _safer_."
DVD Review: Missing Robert Anton Wilson
Summary: 4 Stars
The video was an excellent way to get a glimpse of a genius on his way out. RAW should be required reading in the schools, except we really wouldn't want a nation full of free thinkers. More to the point, if you haven't read him, please do so. Especially "Prometheus Rising" and the "Cosmic Trigger" series. Sad to see him go, but he did it with dignity. A great man/mind.
Description of Robert Anton Wilson - Maybe Logic
"Engaging..." - Variety"I have learned more from Robert Anton Wilson that I have from any other source." - George Carlin
This feature-length documentary is a hilarious and mind-bending journey into the multi-dimensional life of Robert Anton Wilson, one of the foundations of 20th Century Western counterculture and author of the Illuminatus! Trilogy. It features video spanning 25 years and follows Mr.Wilson as he penetrates human illusions, exposing the mathematical probabilities and spooky synchronicities of the eight dimensions of his Universe.
Featuring Tom Robbins, Douglas Rushkoff , R.U. Sirius, Rev. Ivan Stang and Paul Krassner and a sound track by Boards of Canada, Amon Tobin, Pullman, Tarentel, Animals on Wheels, Funki Porcini, and The Cinematic Orchestra.
Winner of Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2004 San Francisco Independent Film Festival.
Extras include:
* Maybe Logic exercises
* 12 minutes of bonus footage
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