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[ Jacque Fresco & Roxanne Meadows - The Venus Project ]

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We feel it's really important to do a major motion picture now

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to get to the general public,

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to introduce to them what science and technology can do

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under the direction of the Venus Project,

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within a resource-based economy.

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I think a motion picture can be played over and over again;

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it can be translated into many different languages

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and it could do far more than my personal lectures

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because it travels all over the world.

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And in a motion picture

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you can answer all the questions that people ask.

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We also feel, while Jacque is still alive,

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he is the best person to put this film together.

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He has worked all his life to arrive at this direction.

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He hasn't just read books.

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He has experimented and worked with people,

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and worked with technology

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and showed just how a resource-based economy

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can function and what it will look like.

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So, to us, it's very important to have

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Jacque involved in this film.

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The basic ideas for the film are laid out precisely,

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and they're laid out

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in accordance with the plans of the Venus Project.

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If you don't have a public prepared to accept the Venus Project...

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there is no other way.

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All of the future scenarios in science-fiction films

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are detrimental, are scary,

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are... technology overcoming and killing people,

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dictatorial governments and technology watching your every move.

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This is quite the opposite of the Venus Project

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for anybody who knows about it,

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and this is what we want to get across to the public-

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that you don't have to be afraid of technology.

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We want to show how the methods of science can be used

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to enhance everyone's life and preserve the environment.

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If we spent the money any other way,

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I don't think it would be as effective.

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We need a large following to get this implemented.

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People don't know what's missing; they don't know any other system.

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So we want to show life in a resource based-economy,

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then show flashbacks of how we get from here to there,

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and do it in a entertaining way

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so we could bring the public along with it.

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The Venus Project's story is already fairly explicit

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and what we need perhaps of a writer is putting it in terms

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that might be easily understood or acceptable.

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It will have a lot of CGI in it which is expensive

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because it does take place in the future.

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But it depends on when and what kind of funds we get.

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That will dictate, say, the type of script;

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the more funding, the more elaboration.

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That depends on what people do to help support the project.

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We would have information on the internet as to

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how much has come in, where it's going to, and we have to do this

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because we're aiming to get the donations through our

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non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization called Future By Design.

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And lawfully, everything has to be transparent and it would be.

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If we do make a profit

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we will build the first city

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or we will do additional films, shorter films, but many of them.

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People will walk out of this film

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with the definite direction to work towards,

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and knowing the difference between what they have today

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and the possibilities of the future within a resource-based economy.

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We want them to understand it so much so that they walk out and say,

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"Why don't we live like this today?"

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To donate go to www.thevenusproject.com

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Thank you