This movie left such a strong impression on me when I watched it in 1980 that when the DVD was released a couple years ago I was surprised how much of the film I remembered.
The story is less straight sci-fi and more a format for Le Guin to explore the philosophical differences between the elite masters of technology trying to shape our world and ordinary human beings who can only live in it. In this film, it is the Orr-dinary human being who has the power, even if he can't quite control it.
George Orr (ordinary?) has a zen-like outlook on life that ultimately allows him to survive his world-altering dreams with his sanity intact, the same can't be said for...well you'll have to watch and find out!
The story is less straight sci-fi and more a format for Le Guin to explore the philosophical differences between the elite masters of technology trying to shape our world and ordinary human beings who can only live in it. In this film, it is the Orr-dinary human being who has the power, even if he can't quite control it.
George Orr (ordinary?) has a zen-like outlook on life that ultimately allows him to survive his world-altering dreams with his sanity intact, the same can't be said for...well you'll have to watch and find out!