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Quantum Suicide is the story of a physicist on a quest for the Grand Unifying Theory of Physics – the “Theory of Everything”. He builds a particle accelerator in his garage and begins his research into the nature of reality. He risks everything, but in his obsession he finds clarity and the key to understanding our reality. There is one final test he must perform.
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There is a thought experiment in quantum mechanics called quantum suicide. The experimenter literally places their life on the line – the thing they are testing is whether they will live or die. They run the test over and over, like Russian roulette, again and again. The experiment is based on a particular interpretation of quantum mechanics: the many-worlds interpretation. They say that if many-worlds is true, the experimenter will always live.
Now a thought experiment is to be attempted in thought only, but I wanted to tell this story. What would drive someone to commit quantum suicide? What would they need to know to be true about our reality? What type of person, with what type of ethics? And what are the consequences, for them and those around them?
This is not a story about invented science, it must be underpinned by the body of human knowledge – this is a story that explores how the universe actually works. In researching this project, I discovered that in surveys of professional quantum physicists, when asked about the various interpretations of quantum mechanics, the majority believe the leading candidate theory is the many-worlds interpretation (on which the quantum suicide narrative is built). The questions we explore here are not just narrative in nature, they are also explorations of fundamental cosmological and existential questions key to the workings of the universe and our place within it.
There are profound questions to be answered about the nature of reality and its relationship to consciousness that are not normally explored – in daily life, in what we read, in what we watch. These are some of the most important ideas we could contemplate, and yet we spend our lives treading on the surface, forgetting to look at the marvels underneath.
Cast
Cayman
Andrew Rogerson
Genevieve
Kate Totten
Emily
Kennedy Montano
Genevieve’s Friend
Andrew Vawda
Professor #1
David Skulski
Professor #2
Stephanie Jaskot
Crew
Written, Directed & Edited by
Gerrit Van Woudenberg
Producers
Shane Morgan
Gerrit Van Woudenberg
Director of Photography
Casey Bramall
Production Designer
Rafael Ceppetelli
Production Assistant
Taira Evi
Art Director
Eric A.F. Jacobsen
Quantum OS Programmer
Jared Jockhart
Camera Operators
Mike Kroetsch
Dave Patterson
Additional Photography by
Konrad Damian Wieclawski
Crane Operator
Errol Lazare
Location Audio
Maricela Morales
Makeup Artist
Nicole Florut
Audio Rerecording Mixers
Scott Clifford
Jeff Tangsoc
Original Music and Post Production Sound by
Lionshead Entertainment
Original Score by
Mark Lazeski
Sound Supervisor
Frank Faugno
Rerecording Mixer
Sound Editors
Phil Layton
Ian Savage
Matt Besler
Lionshead Producers
Kevin Gamble
Stevie Van Skiver
Lionshead Audio Director
Crispin Hands
ADR Recorded at Dick and Rogers Sound Studio
Lionshead Audio Director
Crispin Hands
Additional VO & ADR Recording Engineers
Jeff Tangsoc
Scott Clifford
Visual Effects
Joel LeLievre
Additional Visual Effects
Dan Brittain
Ryan Mackie
Screen Graphics
Corey Bramall
Graphic Design & Typeface
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Jeff Young
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