Fantasia Review: Bliss: Beyond the Edge of Time takes Eastern Philosophy into the far-flung future
I believe we have reached the end of my Fantasia coverage for this year, and to celebrate, we're going beyond the edge of time. Buckle up. BLISS: Beyond the Edge of Time is a fascinating anthology film that draws from Eastern philosophy to create a collection of animated sci-fi shorts that illustrate various elements of the I Ching in unexpected ways. The I Ching is an ancient Chinese text that is built on the idea of Yin and Yang as opposing forces that dictate the course of the universe. These two forces are depicted as either broken (Yin) and unbroken (Yang) lines that stack on top of each other to form hexagrams, each of which is a series of six lines. These are used by those who are seeking wisdom, answers to life's problems, or fortunes about the future. In this anthology, each short is preceded by a hexagram and a few lines of philosophical wisdom which serve as the thematic core or basis for the short to come. It's a really cool concept for an anthology, and because...
