I recommend this movie to ANY person who actually believes Nostradamus was anything *other* than a fraud and a charlatan!
The movie spends a lot of time explaining about how things that already happened were predicted by Nostradamus, especially the first two anti-Christs, Napoleon and Hitler. (Although lumping poor Napoleon in with Hitler is unfair.) Yes, those predictions make sense, if you are really, really interpretive.
It's when Welles tries to predict the future that things become dicey. Amongst things this movie predicted- Ted Kennedy would be President. (Pretty unlikely now, eh?) An Earthquake would level Los Angeles in 1989 (um, nope). That a vast war would break out in the 1990's that would result in the rise of the "THird Anti-Christ". As near as I can tell, none of that stuff happened, although I'll admit much of the 1990's is a blur to me today.
Still, fun to watch Welles on his last legs pontificate...
The movie spends a lot of time explaining about how things that already happened were predicted by Nostradamus, especially the first two anti-Christs, Napoleon and Hitler. (Although lumping poor Napoleon in with Hitler is unfair.) Yes, those predictions make sense, if you are really, really interpretive.
It's when Welles tries to predict the future that things become dicey. Amongst things this movie predicted- Ted Kennedy would be President. (Pretty unlikely now, eh?) An Earthquake would level Los Angeles in 1989 (um, nope). That a vast war would break out in the 1990's that would result in the rise of the "THird Anti-Christ". As near as I can tell, none of that stuff happened, although I'll admit much of the 1990's is a blur to me today.
Still, fun to watch Welles on his last legs pontificate...