How did the filmmakers of Limitless, know about Libya? The film said after analyzing a bunch of stock information and company profiles about an energy merger “…you’d have to back out of Libya.” But the film must have been in production on that scene a while ago because I saw the movie at the dollar theater which plays movies a couple months after their release date. And the original attack on Libya didn’t occur until February.
After looking into this further, the release date for Limitless was in March.
From what I understand, most films take between 6 months and 2 years to film and produce. So for a movie to be talking about Libya in the way that it did with the timing that it had struck me as interesting.
I concede the fact that little things like this can always be added near the end of the production or even be overdubbed last minute. But the scene where Deniro and the protagonist were in the car didn’t look like it had been manipulated any more than any normal scene is. And the dubbing looked flawless. So I doubt that the lines were changed recently.
Actually, when I think about it. I think this is a perfect example of what I call Collective Unconscious Meme Convergence. There has been so many developments brewing in the Middle East region of the world, it may have just been at the tip of the proverbial tongue for Libya to be an area of interest for a film that was about powerhouse financial hardball players. There is oil there that is important to the EU and other nations etc.
So this whole thing could have possibly been a very well placed and fortunate coincidence.
But isn’t it odd that a film that is a fictional presentation about a character who has superhuman predictive power, could predict a situation that happened in real life that directly affects the audience?
I don’t wear hats but if I did, it would definitely tip to the director/writing team right now.
-Tyler