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Here is an Existential Comic - a philosophy comic about the inevitable anguish of living, a brief life in an absurd world.


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Thinking of that last book (Man's Search For |eaning) and existentialism in general and the choices we make, to be authentic to ourselves, and not have "bad faith"  reminds me of this great TPN review of Buffy Season 2 "Lie To Me".



Good night.

Inception

Jul. 15th, 2015 11:38 am
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Another film i watched on DVD recently is the mind boggling Inception. This is a tour de force of a film. Although billed as a science fiction heist thriller ,with a slight tinge of film noir, it is much more than that, as it touches very much on the idea of reality,the nature of reality, the certainty of epistemology or lack of, the ontology of the human condition, as well as the Baudrillian sense of simulations and simulacra. It is also about the nature of dreams, and the kind of vivid dreamscapes based on lucid dreaming. It can also act as a metaphor for film making itself. In fact there is neurological evidence that brain activity is strikingly similar during film-watching and sleeping. In both, the visual cortex is highly active and the prefrontal cortex, which deals with logic, deliberate analysis, and self-awareness, is quiet.

Perhaps seeing the movie in a cinema is a kind of exercise in shared dreaming. In a cinema one enters into the space of another's dream, in this case Christopher Nolan's, as with any work of art, one's reading of it is ultimately influenced by one's own subjective desires and subconscious. This is how i felt after re-watching it on DVD.

You can view this film on so many levels, including psychological, philosophical , and in cultural terms. That is why it one of the best films to watch, not just for the pure entertainment value, but the deeper analytical conundrums it poses.

A man in a suit with a gun in his right hand is flanked by five other individuals in the middle of a street which, behind them, is folded upwards. Leonardo DiCaprio's name and those of other cast members are shown above the words "Your Mind Is the Scene of the Crime". The title of the film "INCEPTION", film credits, and theatrical and IMAX release dates are shown at the bottom.
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Here is a wonderful thought provoking existentialist view of Buffy The Vampire S;ayer honing in on the episode Lie To Me.

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Last night due to the paucity of good television Spot and I went up to the Dover Castle Inn pub to have a chat with Phil. Max and Emily were there as well. There was a cheese board available in which the Rickwoods would have ordered and there was plenty of cheeses available and  a pate , plus some biscuits. I opted for the chill cheese and some Stilton. Washed down with a few pints of the Master Brew..

It was a good convivial evening with Max and I getting very philosophical and existentialist  I think we have both read from the books of Sartre and Camus. 

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