Scrap (2011)

by a man under great duress. From that day on he dedicated his life to constructing an extraordinary spacecraft that would ultimately deliver him from the 'phoniness of this world' to the truth and unity of the next. The present-day Forevertron is a monumental sculpture weighing roughly 300 tons and standing 120 feet wide, 60 feet deep and 50 feet high. It consists almost entirely of metals -- iron, brass and stainless steel are the most evident-- and it is both welded and bolted together to maximize stability. The overall arrangement is symmetrical with the principal central section anchored by a broad bank of generators, thrusters and other electromagnetic power sources. The whole structure is capped by a copper-strapped glass ball meant to serve as Dr. Evermor's space capsule. Yes, you read that correctly. The ultimate use of the structure is to send Dr. Evermore into space when hedies. For over 30 years, Jim Bishop has been building a castle on a mountainside in central Colorado. Did it all myself, don't want any help, he says mechanically as he unloads a pile of rocks that he's hoisted to the 70-foot level on one of the castle towers.ОѕEvery year since 1969, Bishop has single-handedly gathered and set over 1000 tons of rock to create this stone and iron fortress in the middle of nowhere. Bishop calls it a monument tohardworking people' and America's biggest, one-man, physical project. I always wanted a castle. Every man wants a castle, Bishop continues, his voice a broken record, answering the same questions he's o...