The oddball documentary FAREWELL GOOD BROTHERS opens over the self-explanatory image of a piece of American folk sculpture: a crucified metallic figure, a robot, or "spaceman." This sets the tone for a depiction of UFO believers as followers of a modern religion rather than a science.
The world's first recognized flying-saucer craze, or "flap," happened in 1947 when the pilot of a light-plane reported seeing several flying disks in formation over Mount Rainer in Washington state. Aliens have been descending in the media ever since, especially in Hollywood fare like THE DAY THE
EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) and E.T.--THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL (1982). Rather than interview ...
Released:
1992
Rated:
NR
Length:
77 mins