Roger Nygard, The Nature of Existence

Once again, Roger Nygard tackles major issues. In his latest film, The Nature of Existence, this TV and documentary director--best known for his terrific examination of Star Trek enthusiasts in 1999's Trekkies--goes around the world in the service of the Big Questions: What is the meaning of life? Is there a God? Happily, he imbues his subjects with a rare empathy and sense of humor--and an uncanny ability to find interesting on-camera subjects for his breezy, tightly edited quests. In The Nature of Existence, they include evolutionary biologist and The God Delusion author Richard Dawkins, Ultimate Christian Wrestling rounder Rob Adonis, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner, Stonehenge Druids Rollo Maughfling and King Arthur Pendragon--his name is no joke: it's on his license--, Indian holy man Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, string theory co-discover and Stanford physicist Leonard Susskind and Chinese Taoist Master Zhang Chengda (26 minutes).

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