Note there are a number of Youtube videos discussing Flickering Reality that have been posted
on the Face book "A Flickering Reality" page and F. David Peat's Face book Flickering Reality group.

A Director's Obsession

Sometimes a  director can become obsessed with a film. Coppola decided to transfer Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" to Cambodia. But bad weather and a variety of difficulties extended the shoot from a predicted three months to fourteen. Copolla's wife, Eleanor, made a documentary "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse

In Werner Herzog's case his determination to shoot Fitzcarraldo and actually drag a 320 ton ship over a Peruvian mountain caused a mountain of troubles and when Klaus Kinski said he would leave the film Herzog threatened to shoot him. Again this lead to a documentary, Les Bank's "Burden of dreams"

Fillums by Hugh Leonard

Those interested in film may like to take a look at Hugh Leonard's novel "Fillums". Perry, a playwright who is suffering from shame at the slamming of his latest play decides to move Drane, to the most boring town in Ireland. However the high point is Drane's local independent cinema and so the town is filled with eccentric figures who know all the classic films by heart and a willing to do imitations at the drop of a hat!

Magnolia

An excellent film, particularly with Aimee Mann’s singing. The film involves a series of encounters, many by chance, which have the effect of changing a character’s life. In this sense the film is based upon Carl Jung’s theory of “Synchronicity” which he defined as “acausal coincidences” or “meaningful coincidences. Often they are about a connection between a person’s inner and outer life and for example when elements in a dream are reflected in some real event on the following day. Of course coincidences occur all the time but for them to be real synchronicities they must embrace the numinous. They have also been seen as “markers in time”: at times we tend to be trapped by the past but a synchronicity can free us to move into the future. Synchronicities have also been considered as meeting points – the encounter with another person, for example, which acts to open a door into our lives. The meetings in Magnolia are clear such types of encounters that act to transform a life.

The theme of meetings is also at the heart of such films as Closer and Crash. Maybe you have other examples?