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Bāhubali: The Beginning (2015)
★ 7.5 · 918 ratings on TMDB
The young Shivudu is left as a foundling in a small village by his mother. By the time he’s grown up, it has become apparent that he possesses exceptional gifts. He meets the beautiful warrior princess Avanthika and learns that her queen has been held captive for the last 25 years. Shividu sets off to rescue her, discovering his own origins in the process.
DirectorS. S. Rajamouli
The emergence reading
Bāhubali: The Beginning keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceIN
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)E8/E12 · rare rung
The Hunger Games (2012)E8/E12 · rare rung
Gladiator (2000)E8/E12 · rare rung
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)E8/E12 · rare rung
Wonder Woman (2017)E8/E12 · rare rung
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)E8/E12 · rare rungSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
