it be originally call map of the universe . the book come out in 1994. then there be the tv show represent est and part of it be in the film . est be just a series of people live in the dark for a period of one month . like in the film they be all film with infra red camera . they sleep and eat and shower and go to the bathroom all in the dark . the winner be the one who would not crack up and remain in the house for one month . all the contestant live in separate room . they can not see . they like blind . it crazy . the music be frighten . be est a medical treatment from the sixty . i first heard of the word est in a david bowie song about his brother and all the mad men from the man who sell the world album .