00:05One of the things I found most engrossing when I was reading Angels and Demons
00:08was the Illuminati. The Illuminati was formed in the 1600s. They were artists and scientists
00:14like Galileo and Bernini, whose progressive ideas threatened the Vatican.
00:20The Illuminati, they were pushing knowledge, and they had a pretty, pretty august group of people.
00:25The early Illuminati were persecuted by the church. They were hunted down, even executed,
00:31and driven underground. There wasn't a powerful organization on earth. They didn't penetrate,
00:35including the Vatican, by hiding in plain sight. I love that we're sort of like making a trip to
00:41the renaissance in all of these films. We had da Vinci, of course, in the first one, and now we
00:45have Galileo. By and large, it's all just one fabulous game of trivial pursuit, but it's for
00:51important matters that they're pursuing. This ghost has returned to haunt us.
00:54That Illuminati and the grammatic symbol has been considered a myth for 400 years. It was only
01:00going to be revealed when the Illuminati had amassed enough power to resurface.
01:04The Illuminati, this sect of scientists who've been suppressed by the church, have come back.
01:11Four cardinals were kidnapped from inside the Vatican.
01:14The Illuminati themselves have returned to Rome.
01:17The Illuminati, in an act of revenge, has threatened to destroy the Vatican.
01:22A cataclysmic event equivalent to about five kilotons.
01:26Ironically, the Vatican has called upon Robert Langdon, an old foe in their minds, to help
01:32decipher mysterious Illuminati codes.
01:34There's a hidden trail through Rome itself that leads to the place where the Illuminati
01:38would meet in secret.
01:39Langdon deduces that in order to save the Cardinals in Vatican City, he must follow the Illuminati
01:44path of illumination through Rome.
01:47I need a map showing all the churches of Rome.
01:49At particular churches, Langdon knows that he will find the symbols for earth, air, fire,
01:56and water.
01:58Help!
01:58Somebody!
02:00It seems the real world is upon us tonight.
02:06It's the Vatican.
02:07A country of its own with its own laws.
02:10The mystery of the Illuminati goes on and on and on, and there's so much written about
02:15it.
02:15Some believe, some don't.
02:17This is what Dan Brown exploits so wonderfully in Angels and Demons.
02:21What do we really know about the Illuminati?
02:22Some believe they're with us in secret today.
02:33Do you believe in God, sir?
02:39fearsome.
02:41How are youå‘¢?
02:42Bye.
02:42Bye.
02:42Bye.
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