
And all this role required was that you promise to anyone willing to listen the same salvation you could never be sure of; no matter how certain you were, no matter how achingly every aspect of your existence relied on this deus ex machina. Father China and Paris The game-changing November 2014 U.S.-China climate deal the cliff of catastrophic warming while wishing for some miraculous technological deus ex machina to save us. In that respect, I can’t decide if director John Huston should be complimented for springing a surprise, or condemned for changing the game without any preparation To his credit, Huston doesn’t overplay the deus ex machina possibilities here. .