In Saturn's Rings good match for the film's sensibility. The Giant Film Cinema Association had been publicizing the film and surveys it conducted supported this. It was during a discussion in 2012 about the film's climax where he was describing Earth "in Saturn's rings" that van Vuuren realized he had found his new title. A 2013 Kickstarter campaign has raised nearly double the initial $37,500 goal. Much of that amount was used to finance a new recording of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings", performed by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. (Van Vuuren currently resides in Greensboro, North Carolina.) The film's advisors include Dr. Steve
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