Possible Worlds story
Possible Worlds is a 2000 Canadian film adaptation of the 1990 play of the same name by John Mighton. Synopsis: A mathematician falls in love with the same woman in multiple parallel realities, as a police detective tries to apprehend a brain stealing serial killer.
10 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| parallel universe | choice | The film explores the experiences of the mathematician George Barber as he falls in love with a woman named Joyce in multiple parallel realities. Hence the title "Possible Worlds". |
| brain disembodiment technology | major | George's disembodied brain was hooked up to a life-support system from a certain point in the story. Inspector Berkley was fascinated with the brain of a rat that was kept alive in a jar, and he took it back to his office for further observation. |
| law enforcement | major | One storyline follows Inspector Berkley as he attempts to apprehend a serial killer who was stealing peoples brains. |
| romantic love | major | George fell in love with Joyce in multiple parallel realities. In one reality she was a scientist, in another she was a stockbroker, and in another she didn't seem to remember him from on moment to another. But he loved each version of her nonetheless. |
| serial murder | major | A brain stealing serial killer was on the loose. It turned out to be a neuroscientist who was stealing brains for his experiments on consciousness. |
| animal cruelty | minor | A group of placard bearing protestors were chanting "ban animal testing". |
| flying saucer theory of UFOs | minor | A building caretaker was adamant that the five lights he'd seen in the sky one night were from a flying saucer. |
| romantic infidelity | minor | One version of Joyce confided in George about how her former fiancée had cheated on her. |
| the nature of love | minor | George was of the view that if you ever stop loving someone at some point, then it means that you never loved them in the first place. |
| the soul | minor | When asked, George said that he didn't think there was such a thing as "the soul". |