The Roadmap to Hell (working title)

by

Peter Bardazzi

 

A work in progress.

An image of bloated bodies lay on murky waters. A fiery explosion consumes homes in the background turning them into rubble and dust. The elderly and sick sit helplessly starving. A group of naked men have their heads down constrained with leashes. Young devilish characters loot, steal and scavenge for food and money. This looks like an image of Hell painted by Hieronymus Bosch in the Middle Ages or a scene written in the Old Testament Bible. But it is not. They are the events that have occurred in the last 5 years in New Orleans, Banda  Aceh Thailand, Darfur, Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan,  Bangladesh and  Iraq. 

"And now we are in hell." These are the words of man left to die in the New Orleans Superdome during Hurricane Katrina. Does it not seem like our world is turning into the predicted Hell told of the Bible, Koran, Sutras, etc. Is global warming part of the prediction of a hell? For example, the bible predicted Hell would come in the form of floods, plague, and fire. Have humans condemned themselves to a world of Hells?

• Facts to support this argument here. Facts that make the comparison between now and previous predictions of hell.

This film/documentary will explore the possibilities of Hell “now”. It will travel through manifestations of Hell from several sources and investigate clues in past and present events, disasters, social upheaval, war, pestilence and strange phenomenon’s that have occurred in our present age. This is a stalking quest and discovery that takes us into nightmares both horrific and seductive, living history, mythology, punishing religion, aggression, human torture here and beyond and the signals they are leaving.

• What will we do and where will we go? Starting with the ancient Sumerian civilization which places hell near Baghdad we will travel the world in search of hellish sites and events, interviewing scientists, priests, cultists, mythologists, philosophers, the military etc.

This story drives and compels us as we live in a time of potential and living nightmares, where political rhetoric matches the forces of good and evil against each other, threatening us with dire consequences: Hell on earth. Catastrophic fear of the unknown drives the desire for new images especially in times of war.  Illuminating the dark side disclosing how horror recycles itself through our culture and becomes fascinating entertainment.

• Why would the audience want to watch this? There is a growing concern about climate change, the war and renewable energies. And that things could slip out of control with dire consequences. There is clearly a human, cultural, political, scientific, religious and technological anxiety starting to erupt.  

The audience for this film/documentary is everyone who is concerned with our future and the future of our children. Have we created a good environment for us to live in or have we been condemn to live in a world of fiery damnation?

• Whose audience? - People who are concerned about war, global warming, disease, starvation, victims of disasters, things that make our lives hell or that something worse is coming.

Copyright Peter Bardazzi 2007
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Parties interested in this project contact: peter@bardazzi.com