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Kingdom of Heaven | A Kingdom of Conscience, or Nothing - Kants Moral Philosophy

Like Stories of Old 2024-10-21 | Kingdom of Heaven | A Kingdom of Conscience, or Nothing - Kants Moral Philosophy

Christopher Nolan – The Ultimate Critique

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The complete document of my extensive critical review and analysis of Christopher Nolan's entire filmography, repackaged and remastered from my former 3-part series on Nolan, and my later examination of Oppenheimer.

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Content:
0:00 Introduction: One Year After Oppenheimer
2:57 Following (1998)
16:58 Memento (2000)
31:20 Insomnia (2003)
47:18 Batman Begins (2005)
1:02:11 The Prestige (2006)
1:19:40 The Dark Knight (2008)
1:39:18 Inception (2010)
2:01:25 The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
2:24:08 Interstellar (2014)
2:54:15 Dunkirk (2017)
3:12:59 Tenet (2020)
3:39:19 Oppenheimer (2023)

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When Cinema Became More Powerful Than Reality

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There are some images that are so awe-inspiring that they took on a life of their own, that became entangled so deep within our minds that they fundamentally transformed who we are, and altered the course of our history.

0:00 Prologue: How a Nightmare Takes Hold
2:57 The Strange Power of Imagery
4:18 Cinema vs. "The Bomb"
8:31 It's a 'Mushroom' Cloud for a Reason
10:04 The Forgotten Genre of American Monster Movies
13:01 How Powerful Images Alter Our Brains
14:55 Humanity's Most Primitive Themes
16:52 Facing Absolute Annihilation
19:29 A New Mode of 'Apocalyptic' Thinking
22:23 Worlds Without Humans
24:15 No Longer Scary Enough?
26:19 Not Disempowerment, but Internalization
30:28 Misleading Images
32:51 A Threat Without Potent Imagery?
35:41 The Pre-Apocalypse
38:18 Apocalyptic Art, Uncompromised

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Dvorak - String Quartet no. 12 in F major
David Harwel - Rising and Falling
Tim Mann - Feeling the Change
Tim Mann - All the Emotions

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The Hidden Story That Defines Our Modern Era

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There has been an awakening within our collective unconsciousness, a sullen awareness that has been rising along the edges, and that is now slowly bleeding through, expressing itself in our cinema.

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This YouTuber Wont Stop Plagiarizing

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Content:
0:00 Introduction
1:01 Case 1: my story
4:15 Confronting Archer Green privately
5:28 Case 2: stealing from Thomas Flight
7:39 Confronting Archer Green again
8:41 Case 3: no lessons learned
11:26 Case 4: it just keeps happening
13:34 Case 5: again and again
17:42 How to not do plagiarism
19:28 Who are we dealing with here?
21:01 The real harm of plagiarism
25:45 Now what?

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Why So Many People Didnt Get Oppenheimer

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About this video essay:
A review and in-depth critique of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Content:
0:00 This is a Nolan movie
2:47 Nolan, Nietzsche and Eternity
6:55 Presentation Issues
10:02 Can You Hear the Music?
14:50 A Fundamentally Misguided Approach?
19:33 The Limits of Practical Effects
22:35 An Uncompromising Vision of History
26:42 Causality as a Human Construct
32:34 Turning Our Desires Against Us
37:17 Transformative Cinema

Sources:
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How Modern Audiences Are Failing Cinema

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About this video essay:
Our relation with movies has changed. In this video essay, I explore the commodification of relatability, the increasing usage of cinema for self-righteous moralism, and the overwhelming constant stimulants that have descecrated the cinematic experience

Content:
00:00 Do People Even Like Movies Anymore?
02:01 Part 1: Into the "Literally Me" Movie Era
12:04 Part 2: Cinema as Self-Righteous Moralism
25:20 Part 3: The Overwhelming Constant Stimulants
33:44 Part 4: Towards True Nourishment

Sources:
Caitlin Quinlan - If It Makes You Cry, It Must Be Good: artreview.com/the-year-in-film-2023-review
Jeremy D. Larson - Why Do We Obsess Over What’s ‘Relatable’?: nytimes.com/2019/01/08/magazine/the-scourge-of-relatable-in-art-and-politics.html
Kayleigh Dray - Psychology of concentration: why the world is now addicted to ‘background TV’: stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/psychology-concentration-background-tv/547752

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Tim Mann – All the emotions
Tim Mann – What I felt
Tim Mann – Floating over fields
Tim Mann – Existential dread
Tim Mann – Exploring my thoughts
Tim Mann – ESP
CHPTRS – A slow return

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When the Filmmakers Actually Understand the Gameplay

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About this video essay:
An analysis of Fallout, The Last of Us, and the philosophy of adapting video games

0:00 The problem of adapting interactivity
2:39 A new philosophy
3:44 What was missing
5:20 A comparison with comic book adaptations
7:02 Back to video games
7:50 A good, but easy video game adaptation
11:15 Why Fallout was the real challenge
13:00 How Fallout adapted gameplay
15:38 Why it just works
17:28 Adapting a Fallout's broader themes, meanings & vibe
21:27 What all this means
22:45 The problem of subjectivity
23:41 Why we should want more video game adaptations
25:50 The pantheon of humanity's storytelling

References:
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Why the Planet of the Apes Just Hits Different

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About this video essay:
A thorough review of the Planet of the Apes series that examines the evolution of its filmmaking and philosophy.

Content:
00:00 A Journey Through 9 Movies
01:32 Rise of a Reboot
04:08 A Misunderstood Prequel
06:47 Resetting the Thematic Approach
11:36 Dawn of a New Metaphor
14:38 The Cornerstone of a Species
17:57 What Ceasar Learns the Hard Way
20:45 A Somber Conclusion
23:00 That Which Makes Us, Us
26:23 What Started It All

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Tangerine – White11
Gavin Brivik – Were on the Bus Home
Inola – Through the Treetops
Blake Ewing – Ghost in the Stories (Night Cycles Version)
Max Il – In the Depth of the Forest
Alistair Sung – Take Me Away

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Movie Monologues That Changed My Entire Worldview

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Content:
00:00 More Relevant Than Ever
03:46 The Hopeless Dream of Being
05:17 The Power of the Monologue
06:41 Unavoidable Truth
10:26 In Search of Meaning
12:44 Masculinity vs. Modernity
14:48 Terrence Malick's Fight Club
17:56 The Timeless Struggle
20:13 Morality and Virtue
23:38 Upholding Awareness
27:18 A Cinema of Monologues

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2001: A Space Odyssey; A Hidden Life; Babylon; Barbie; Blade Runner; Blade Runner 2049; Call Me By Your Name; Dune 1 & 2; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Fight Club; Frances Ha; Good Will Hunting; Ikiru; It’s a Wonderful Life; Jurassic Park; Kingdom of Heaven; Knight of Cups; Mr. Robot; Network; Persona; Pig, Synecdoche New York; The Great Dictator; The Matrix; The New World; The Seventh Seal; The Thin Red Line; The Tree of Life; The Turin Horse; To the Wonder; Werckmeister Harmonies

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SVVN – Lost in the Oasis
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Why Every Action Movie Looks the Same Now

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About this video essay:
A critical video essay analyzing the state of modern action cinema.

Content:
00:00 The Aesthetics of Modern Action
01:48 Towards an Objective Ideal
05:53 The Problem with Previsualization
08:28 The Rise of Second Unit Directing
13:17 Lessons from Last Year’s Best Fight Scene
15:49 The Ever-Importance of Storytelling
19:00 Concluding Thoughts

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Media included:
1917, Alex Cross, Ant-Man Quantumania, Atomic Blonde, Avengers Infinity War + Endgame, Baby Driver, Birds of Prey, Black Panther, Black Widow, Bullet Train, Captain America Winter Soldier + Civil War, Casino Royale, Children of Men, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Daredevil, Deadpool 2, Die Hard, Echo, Extraction 1 + 2, Fast Five, Fast X, Gladiator, Hanna, Hard Boiled, Heat, Hitman Agent 47, John Wick 1-4, Kate, Kingsman The Secret Service, Mission Impossible Fallout + Dead Reckoning, No Time to Die, Oldboy, Parker, Police Story, RRR, Saving Private Ryan, Silent Night, Skyfall, Spectre, Suicide Squad, Taken 1 + 3, Terminator 2, The Accountant, The Bourne Identity, The Expendables 2, The Defenders, The Gray Man, The Hunger Games, The Killer, The Matrix, The Raid 1 + 2, The Wolverine, True Detective, Venom

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The 10 Best Movies of 2023

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About this video essay:
The 10 best movies of 2023, and some honorable mentions!

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Content:
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Honorable Mentions
03:57 1
06:20 2
09:14 3
11:54 4
14:29 5
17:09 6
19:39 7
22:10 8
24:47 9
27:04 10
29:32 Concluding announcement

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Peter Jackson’s Most Underrated Change to the Lord of the Rings

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Sometimes, whether by design or by accident, the metaphorical weight of a movie scene can become so dense that it captures not just one story element, but the entire story in its fullness, thereby becoming a perfect microcosm of everything that it’s about.

Content:
00:00 An Enigmatic Moment
03:26 Perfect Movie Metaphors
04:49 The Essence of a Rebellion
07:58 One Movie, One Scene
11:42 A Story of Hope and Despair
13:40 Setting the Context
16:20 One Scene to Rule Them All
21:26 A Lifetime of Enrichment

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Media included:
2001 A Space Odyssey; Avengers Age of Ultron; Batman v Superman; Blade Runner 2049; Casino Royale; Cool Hand Luke; Dune; Interstellar; John Wick; Rogue One; Stalker; The Dark Knight; The Hunger Games; The Lord of the Rings; The Matrix

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Dexter Britain – Leaving Atlantis
Ryan Taubert – Deeply

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The Marvelization of Cinema

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About this video essay:
We've all felt it: the movies have changed. But how so exactly, and why? And what can be done about it? In this extensive critique, I try to capture the decline of modern cinema in one unifying theory.

00:00 The Marvelization of Cinema
01:52 What is Storytelling Entropy?
06:26 Hollow Franchises
11:15 Meta-References to Nowhere
17:40 Corporate Passion
25:23 Breaking the Cycle
33:08 Meaningful Engagement

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Media included:
12 Angry Men; 2001 A Space Odyssey; A Good Day to Die Hard; A Hidden Life; Aftersun; Ahsoka; Alien; Alien vs. Predator; Aliens; Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania; Asteroid City; Avengers Age of Ultron; Avengers Endgame; Avengers Infinity War; Babylon; Barbie; Batman Begins; Batman v Superman; Blade Runner 2049; Captain America Civil War; Captain America The First Avenger; Captain America The Winter Soldier; Citadel; Deadpool; Decision to Leave; Die Hard; Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; Dune; Dungeons and Dragons; Eternals; Foundation; Fast X; Free Guy; Game of Thrones; Ghostbusters Afterlife; Ghosted; Gladiator; Godzilla; Godzilla vs Kong; Goodfellas; Inception; Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny; Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Iron Man 3; Iron Man; John Wick Chapter 3 & 4; Jurassic Park; Jurassic World; Jurassic World Dominion; Lawrence of Arabia; Loki; Mission Impossible 1, 2, Fallout, Rogue Nation & Dead Reckoning; Moon Knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi; Ocean's Eleven; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Past Lives; Predator 1 & 2; Red Notice; Secret Invasion; Seven Samurai; Shang-Chi; She-Hulk; Spiderman 1 & 2; Spider-Man No Way Home; Star Wars A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, The Revenge of the Sith, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi & the Rise of Skywalker; Synecdoche New York; Terminator 1, 2 & Dark Fate; The Dark Knight, The Amazing Spider-Man 2; The Avengers; The Fabelmans; The Falcon and the Winter Soldier; The Flash; The Godfather 1 & 2; The Gray Man; The Hobbit Trilogy; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; The Rings of Power; The Matrix 1 & 4; The Mummy; The Prestige; The Thing; The Witcher; Thor Love and Thunder; Thor Ragnarok; Thor The Dark World; Top Gun; Top Gun Maverick; Transformers Rise of the Beasts; Uncharted

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Dexter Britain - Air
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2023s Most Beautiful Movie About Love

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About this video essay:
An analysis of Celine Song's Past Lives, and how it subverts the audience's expectations by turning the tropes of the romantic genre into a thoughtful rumination on the weight of time, the vague grief of lost potentiality, and the search for meaning.

Content:
00:00 Introduction
01:07 A Brief Overview
01:59 A Different Kind of Love Story
04:36 The Vague Grief of Lost Potentiality
06:13 Fixed in Time, Fluid in the Mind
08:40 A Search for Meaning
10:40 Peaceful Resignation
12:54 An Adult Understanding
14:10 The Real Love Story?

Music:
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Christopher Dennis Coleman - Vesper
Shawn Williams - Illuminate
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Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
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Movies that Show the True Size of the Universe

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About this video essay:
Examining the varying ways in which space movies try to capture and understand the unfathomable scale of the universe, and exploring the existential dread and wonder that arise from the effort.

0:00 Prologue
0:15 The Problem of Scale
2:38 How Movies Convey Size
5:14 Where Movies Fall Short
7:31 The Weight of Infinity
10:25 Overwhelming Time and Space
13:17 A Dialogue with the Cosmos
16:36 The Journey Home
19:46 The Space Game Paradox

Media included:
2001: A Space Odyssey; Ad Astra; Interstellar; Sunshine; The Tree of Life; Star Trek; Star Wars; Event Horizon; First Man; Prometheus; Alien: Covenant; Eternals; Dune; Godzilla; Gravity; Passengers; Rogue One; Voyage of Time; The Martian

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Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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Music:
Piotr Hummel - Spectacular
Dexter Britain - The Time to Run
Dexter Britain - Your Own World
Slow Meadow - On a Bed of Green Blades
Slow Meadow - Crown of Amber Canopy pt. 2
Ryan Taubet - Starfall
David Morton - Eclipse
Oliver Michael - Taken From a Void

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Why Oppenheimer’s Ending Felt So Devastating

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About this video essay:
Exploring the deeper meanings of the ending to Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

0:00 Introduction: Troubling Reverberations
1:31 I. The Tragedy of Oppenheimer
2:11 II. Converging Timelines
4:13 III. Character Motivations
5:18 IV. The Great Paradigm Shift
8:54 V. Destroying a World
11:57 VI. Tortured for Eternity
14:09 VII. Beyond Prometheus
18:25 Epilogue: Apocalyptic Filmmaking

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Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
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Why Oppenheimer Should (Not) Have Shown Real Nuclear Violence

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About this video essay:
With Oppenheimer, Nolan ventures into an inner heart of darkness; into the soul of a man plagued by the consequences of his achievement. But does he take us far enough?

Content:
0:00 Introduction: Oppenheimer's Subjective Perspective
2:06 The Dynamics between Cinema and History
3:33 The Japanese Perspective?
5:07 A Promethean Horror
5:55 The Movie that did go there
7:08 How to depict Historical Trauma?
8:15 The Reality of Nuclear Violence
9:17 What if Nolan went there?
12:06 Arguments For
13:18 Arguments Against
15:13 Different Modes of Engagement
17:28 Final Thoughts: Engaging the Paradox
19:46 The Full Oppenheimer Discussion

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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The Ultimate Christopher Nolan Analysis: Interstellar, Dunkirk & Tenet

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About this video essay:
An in-depth exploration of the movies of Christopher Nolan. This third and final episode - Road to Oppenheimer - covers Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet

Content:
0:00 Introduction
1:23 Interstellar
31:30 Dunkirk
50:12 Tenet
1:16:15 Oppenheimer

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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The Ultimate Christopher Nolan Analysis: The Breakout Years

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About this video essay:
An in-depth exploration of the movies of Christopher Nolan. This second episode - The Breakout Years - covers The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises

Content:
0:00 Introduction
1:04 The Prestige
18:10 The Dark Knight
37:36 Inception
59:39 The Dark Knight Rises
1:21:19 Road to Oppenheimer

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Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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The Ultimate Christopher Nolan Analysis: How a Director Rises

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About this video essay:
An in-depth exploration of the movies of Christopher Nolan. This first episode - A Director Begins - covers Following, Memento, Insomnia and Batman Begins.

Content:
0:00 Introduction
0:57 Following
14:30 Memento
28:55 Insomnia
44:28 Batman Begins
59:28 The Breakout Years

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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Escaping Our Mental Prisons: What Psychedelic Movies Are Really About

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About this video essay:
An analysis of psychedelia in cinema, and of the philosophical and neurological insights it provides

Content:
00:00 In Search of Dreams
02:09 Psychedelia in Cinema
03:55 The Psychedelic Mind
05:49 Primary and Secondary Consciousness
09:00 The Brain as an Interference Machine
11:51 The Void, Empty but Solid
15:10 Constrained By Ego
16:53 Experiencing the World Anew
18:42 The Journey Back
20:58 One Final Trip

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Media used:
2001: A Space Odyssey; A Scanner Darkly; Altered States; Annihilation; Batman Begins; Beef; Embrace of the Serpent; Enter the Void; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Ex Machina; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Inception; Midsommar; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Planet of the Apes; The Fountain; The Holy Mountain; The Matrix 1-4; The New World; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Tree of Life; The Wolf of Wall Street; The Worst Person in the World

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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When Two Filmmakers Make the Same Movie

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About this video essay:
Last year, two filmmakers made the same documentary about volcanoes. One got nominated for an Oscar, the other one was made by Werner Herzog. Let’s talk about what his film, The Fire Within, reveals about the meaning of ecstatic truth, the deep humanism invoked by sublime wonder, and the inexplicable magic of cinema.

Content:
00:00 Introduction
02:10 In Search of Adequate Images
05:06 Competing Filmmaking Philosophies
09:04 What is Ecstatic Truth?
13:02 From Sublime Wonder to Humanism
17:07 The Inner Chronicle of What We Are

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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Music:
Canyon City - Simple (instrumental)
Benjamin Martins - Ether Sku
Alon Peretz - Shimmer

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The Pain of Broken Memories

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About this video essay:
An in-depth analysis and examination of Charlotte Wells’ incredible debut film Aftersun; a beautifully intricate mosaic of memories, artifacts and imagination, that tries to piece together a fragmented past.

Content:
00:00 A Mosaic of Memories, Artifacts and Imagination
00:51 A Child’s Landscape
03:25 Journeying into the Past
05:40 Reaching Your Parents’ Age
08:10 Fragments of Truth
10:05 Filling in the Gaps
14:05 A Bridge to the Past
19:45 Conclusion

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Music:
Christopher Dennis Coleman – Vesper
Anton Belov – Grandmother
Sun Rain – Afterthought
Inola – Arctic
Inola – Andes

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Why Apocalypse Stories Feel Different Now

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About this video essay:
An exploration of the evolution of apocalypse stories, and of how The Last of Us, Station Eleven, and The Leftovers are shifting the emphasis of the genre towards a more hopeful and humanistic tone.

Content:
00:00 The Ever-Evolving Apocalypse
01:16 The Last of Us
08:28 Station Eleven
13:02 The Leftovers
16:56 Changing the Meaning of Hope
20:49 World War Z

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Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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Music:
Young Collective – Begin Again
Slow Meadow – Grey Cloud Lullaby
Slow Meadow – Linen Garden Pt. 1 ft. Hammock
Christian Wade – Searching for Eternal

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Is All Quiet on the Western Front a Good Anti-War Movie?

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About this video essay:
A critical review of the new adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front, and how it functions as an anti-war movie.

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Content:
00:00 Man versus Nature
00:57 The Purpose of Anti-War Cinema
02:37 Interrogating Hero Systems
04:32 Historical Context
05:20 The Reality of War
07:20 The Cinematic Language of Combat
08:31 De-Individualizing Warfare
11:00 The Broader Context
13:48 Deconstructing the Lie of Heroism
14:41 Changing the Ending
16:22 In Conclusion

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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Media included:
All Quiet on the Western Front, 1917, Hacksaw Ridge, Fury, The Thin Red Line, Rambo, Atomic Blonde, No Time to Die, Extraction

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Music:
A Taylor – Particles
A Taylor – Erosion in D Minor
Luke Atencio – Collections
Luke Atencio – Unfold
Luke Atencio – Recollections
Tim Mann – I Can Feel Her

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James Cameron Understands What Most Filmmakers Don’t

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About this video essay:
A structured first impression of Avatar: The Way of Water, exploring its qualities as an adventure movie, its deeper meanings and its often underappreciated thematic messages regarding environmentalism and collective vs. individual responsibility.

Content:
00:00 Avatar and the Critics
01:16 The Lost Art of the Adventure Movie
04:38 Cameron’s Other Great Passion
08:38 Jake’s Journey
12:35 Exploring Ethics Through World-Building
15:46 The Purpose of Movie Analysis?

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
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Music:
Young Collective – Space For Us
Young Collective – Lost and Found
Nick Box – Sight for Sore Eyes
Christian Wade – Searching for Eternal
Young Collective – Back and Forth

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The 10 Best Movies of 2022

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About this video essay:
Discussing the best movies of 2022

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Content:
00:00 Welcome!
00:32 Last Year's Additions
02:08 Cinema of Meaning
02:48 Honorable Mentions
05:07 The Main Event
05:22 1 The Foodie one
06:59 2 The Dostoevskian Fever Dream
09:10 3 The Most Impressive Single Take
10:37 4 The Bromantic Action Blockbuster
12:35 5 The Return of Heroic Optimism
14:58 The Big Reveal!
17:31 6 On the Chaos of Modern Existence
19:09 7 The Most Atmospheric Blockbuster
20:50 Surpise Cameo!
22:30 8 The Intense Character Study / Murder Mystery
24:00 9 The Best Debut Film of the Year
25:45 10 The One to Restore Your Faith in Humanity
27:53 Thank you.

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Cinema of Meaning is a Nebula Original podcast, which means that Nebula is the only place where you can listen to episodes a week early and ad-free, and where you can get access to our monthly bonus episode.
However, we recently also launched a dedicated Patreon page for the podcast: patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning
This is where we offer community services in the form of a private Discord server where you can become more involved, make suggestions and discuss movies with us and other patrons. All donations made here will serve the specific purpose of covering our editing costs. We’re not really looking to make a profit, that’s why the bar for entry is so low, lower than Patreon recommends actually. You can also get access to the bonus episodes here if, for whatever reason, you don’t want to bother with Nebula, but personally; I’d recommend just getting in at the lower tier and check out the bonus stuff over on Nebula, much cheaper. Either way, we just want to ensure we can keep the show alive, because it’s been a lot of fun, and we hope to be able to keep it going as we move into 2023 and beyond!

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

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The Most Humanzing Moments in Cinema

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About this video essay:
An analysis of the philosophy of Levinas, the depiction of humanity through cinema, and the hidden meaning that can be found within it.

Chapters:
0:00 Levinas and the Face of the Other
1:23 Performing Humanity
4:13 The Weight of Guilt
6:40 The Nature of Our Conscience
8:32 Denying the Humanity of Others
10:20 Everyday Dehumanization
13:35 Facing True Humanity
15:54 A Kingdom of Conscience

Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning:
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Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

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Music:
Slow Meadow – Crown of Amber Canopy
Dexter Britain – Dream Array
Jude Cosmo – Lunar Echo
Jo Blankenburg – Canopus

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We Dream of Eden – Sleeping Seeds

Included Media:
A Fantastic Woman; Amadeus; Avatar; Better Call Saul; Blue Valentine; Burning; Carol; Chernobyl; Children of Men; Crime and Punishment; Decision to Leave; Deepwater Horizon; Dunkirk; Fences; Fifty Fifty; Fleabag; Good Will Hunting; Hacksaw Ridge; Her; Ikiru; In Bruges; It's a Wonderful Life; Kingdom of Heaven; Knight of Cups; Lion; Louder Than Bombs; Love Actually; Manchester by the Sea; Me and Earl and the Dying Girl; Midsommar; Minari; Moonlight; Nightcrawler; Only the Brave; Paterson; Persona; Phantom Thread; Pig; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Prisoners; Saving Private Ryan; Schindler's List; Sense8; Shame; Short Term 12; Station Eleven; Tar; The Elephant Man; The Farewell; The Great Beauty; The Great Dictator; The Greatest Showman; The Green Mile; The Grey; The Hobbit; The Killing Fields; The Passion of Joan of Arc; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Railway Man; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; The Thin Red Line; The Tree of Life; The Worst Person in the World; Thirteen Lives; To the Wonder; World Trade Center

The Apocalyptic Filmmaker that Haunts My Soul

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About this video essay:
An analysis of the films of Béla Tarr; covering Nietzsche’s philosophical influences; existentialism, humanism, and the art of deep emotion.

0:00 Prologue: An Encounter with Nietzsche
0:48 Introduction: The Works of Béla Tarr
5:38 I. Villages of the Damned
11:33 II. The Death of God
18:38 III. The Greatest Weight
25:55 IV. The Art of Deep Emotion

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
Damnation; The Man From London; The Turin Horse; Satantango; Werckmeister Harmonies

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Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com

Music:
Sleeping Horses – Twelve Labours
Sean Williams – Where the Wind Blows
Hotel Neon – Side A Pt. 1
Sleeping Horses – The Hour of Your Thoughts

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The Complete Philosophy of The Lord of the Rings

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About this video essay:
An extensive analysis of the deeper meanings and philosophy of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, and Peter Jackson’s adaptation, that examines Tolkien’s sanctification of pagan virtues, the role of heroism and moral victory in Middle-earth, the presence and purpose of higher forces, and the essential role of hope in Tolkien's mythology.
Originally published in 2 parts, this remastered edition features a completely new voice over track and audio mix, and corrected some minor mistakes.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
4:43 I. Sanctifying History
9:03 II. Military Victory vs. Moral Victory
11:52 III. At What Cost?
14:43 IV. Freedom and Evil
18:17 V. A Cosmic Conflict
21:51 VI. Responsibility and Salvation
25:38 VII. The Guiding Hand of Ilúvatar
32:18 VIII. A Mythology of Hope

Sources:
Matthew Dickerson – Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings: amzn.to/2P3jrFY
Bradley Birzer – J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth: amzn.to/2LolSkq
Peter Kreeft – The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings: amzn.to/2wa5grO

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Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

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Dissecting The Rings of Powers Failed Mystery Box

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About this video essay:
An analysis of mystery boxes, plot twists and big reveals in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

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Chapters:
00:00 Mystery Boxes in the Rings of Power
02:18 Why Gandalf shouldn't have been a mystery box
07:26 Rewriting the Harfoots storyline
11:04 The problem with Halbrand
13:15 Rewriting Sauron
19:11 Final thoughts

Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning:
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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

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Music:
Tony Anderson – Oyarsa (feat. Timbre)
Jesse Brown and Katharine Petkovski – Embers at Dawn
Alicia Enstrom – Reflections
Hannah Parrott – Sacred Rhythm
Inola – Glacier feat. Young Collective

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Comparing The Rings of Powers Failed Battle to a Better One

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About this video essay:
A critical analysis of narrative momentum in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

0:00 The Rings of Power has a Problem
1:41 The Anatomy of a Battle Scene
3:34 Messing up the Rhythm
5:21 Fixing the Attack on the Southlands
6:57 Creating that Moment of Impact
8:49 The Problem of Staging
11:22 The Importance of Properly Conveying Information
13:03 Adding Motivation to Establish Urgency
14:23 The Benefit of Hindsight
15:19 What Should The Rings of Power Be?

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

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Music:
Tony Anderson – Debris
Hannah Parrott – Sacred Rhythm
Jesse Brown and Katharine Petkovski – Embers at Dawn
Sleeping Horses – There are no Facts, Only Interpretations

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Movie Trailers That Are Pure Art

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About this video essay:
A look into the often under-appreciated art of movie trailers.

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

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Music:
Will Patterson – Wind Waves
Will Patterson – Ruminations
Shyghy – Clair de Lune
Lights and Motion – A Speck of Light
Hammock – Elsewhere

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Life is Not a Heros Journey

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About this video essay:
Why are stories so purposefully structured whereas our reality is so often messy and chaotic? Why do characters have clear transformative arcs when our identities and personal journeys are so much more complex than that? It's questions like these, and their implications that are explored in this unabridged cut of what was originally a 3-part series on the nature of storytelling and the way it shapes our identities.

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction to Part 1
3:38 1. Foundations
11:13 2. Cosmic Purpose
17:41 3. Unheroic Journeys?
22:13 4. Storifying Reality
26:11 Introduction to Part 2
28:28 5. A History of Adventures
36:05 6. Life as an Adventure
41:03 7. Imagined Destiny
46:00 8. Everyone as a Hero?
52:28 Introduction to Part 3
55:00 9. Experiencing the Adventure
1:00:02 10. Perpetually Unfolding Stories
1:06:24 11. Cosmic Salvation
1:10:13 12. Freedom
1:17:18 Credits

Sources:
Simon Gusman & Arjen Kleinherenbrink – Avonturen Bestaan Niet: https://www.boomfilosofie.nl/product/100-7378_Avonturen-bestaan-niet
Joseph Campbell – The Hero With A Thousand Faces: amzn.to/2WcOhl1
Simone de Beauvoir – The Second Sex: amzn.to/3cwbIMU
Jean-Paul Sartre – Nausea: amzn.to/2XeFZKM
Albert Camus – The Myth of Sisyphus: amzn.to/2Be84tm

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

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Multiverses, Nihilism, and How it Feels to be Alive Right Now

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About this video essay:
An analysis of the metaphorical meanings of multiverse stories, and what they reflect about the burdens of modern existence.

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Special Thanks to:
Thomas Flight: youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight
Michael Tucker (Lessons From the Screenplay): youtube.com/c/LessonsfromtheScreenplay

Chapters:
0:00 Prologue
0:16 A Brief Intro to Quantum Mechanics
0:56 Marvel at the Multiverse
1:53 That Funny Feeling
3:23 Accidentally Meaningful
4:07 Post-Modern Miscommunication
5:58 Rick and Morty are here too
7:25 Sucked Into the Void
10:57 Zugzwang
12:19 Wubbalubbadubdub
13:13 Ironic Detachment is for Suckers
13:57 Marvel Can't Keep a Secret
14:45 Black Pills and Member Berries
15:50 Alone with Infinite Selves
17:04 The Burden of Being
18:56 Cosmic Meaning
22:08 Hope in the Dark
27:04 Take a Voyage

Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning:
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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
Avengers Endgame; Bo Burnham’s Inside; Chernobyl; Devs; Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness; Don’t Look Up; Easy Rider; Eight Grade; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Fleabag; In the Heat of the Night; Into the Wild; It’s a Wonderful Life; Jurassic World Dominion; Loki; Mr. Nobody; Nomadland; Rick and Morty; Spider-Man Into the Spider Verse; Spider-Man; Spider-Man No Way Home; The Amazing Spider-Man 2; The Farewell; The Graduate; The Matrix 4; The Tree of Life; The Worst Person in the World; Voyage of Time

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Music:
Will Patterson – Between the Lines
Madron – Without Illusion
Slow Meadow – Upstream Dream
Dexter Britain – Ocean Breeze
Dexter Britain – Raising
Will Patterson – Under the Streets
Slow Meadow – Palemote

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Linus Johnsson – Isolation
The David Roy Collective – Enchanted Lands
Fjodor – Vulnerable
Piotr Hummel – Spectacular

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The Problem With Adventure Movies Today

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About this video essay:
An analysis of what makes an adventure movie feel actually adventurous.

Chapters:
0:00 The Problem With Adventure Movies Today
2:14 A Case Study, and a Reappreciation
4:00 The Real Purpose of an Adventure
9:15 The Importance of Adventurous Characters
11:50 Creating Tangible New Worlds
15:27 Making it Feel Real
19:00 The Value of Great Action Scenes
23:06 From a Great Adventure, to a Great Movie

Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning:
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b
Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
Assassin’s Creed; Avatar; Burden of Dreams; Dune; Fitzcarraldo; Indiana Jones; Jungle Cruise; Jurassic Park; Jurassic Park 3; Jurassic World; Fallen Kingdom; Dominion; King Kong; Lawrence of Arabia; Lord of the Rings; Master and Commander; National Treasure; Pirates of the Caribbean; Red Notice; The Lost World (1925); The Lost World: Jurassic Park; The Mummy (1990); The Mummy (2017); Uncharted

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Music:
Dexter Britain – Midnight Sand
Dexter Britain – Your Own World
Dexter Britain – Raising
Dexter Britain – Stay With Me
Daniel Deuschle – Wild is Life

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The Psychology of Severance | Who You Are... Without Memory

Like Stories of Old 2022-05-26 | Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-who-you-are-without-your-memory
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About this video essay:
A spoiler-free analysis of the show Severance, and several other pieces of media, that explores how our memory really works, how it relates to our identity and sense of self, and who we would be without it.

Chapters:
0:00 Prologue
1:10 Identity without Memory?
4:44 Episodic Memory
6:14 Semantic Memory
7:41 Interrelations
9:09 Explicit and Implicit Memory
9:18 Procedural Memory
10:21 Priming
13:16 Complicating factors
14:15 Identity beyond Memory
15:53 Nature Versus Nurture
18:23 Relating Ourselves to Ourselves
20:30 Cosmic Memories

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
A Beautiful Mind; A Fantastic Woman; Beautiful Boy; Big Little Lies; Blade Runner 2049; Brokeback Mountain; Dead Poets Society; Devs; Dopesick; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Her; Inception; Knight of Cups; Memento; Moonlight; Paterson; Pig; Ratatouille; Severance; The Bourne Identity; The Matrix 4: Resurrections; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; Voyage of Time

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Music:
Lights & Motion – Ghost of You
Dexter Britain – Time to Run (original piano)
Greg Thomas – Form
Dexter Britain – Dream Array
Dexter Britain – Voices in the Wind

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Redefining the Anti-War Video Game

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About this video essay:
What do video games really communicate to us about the reality of war? This in-depth analysis examines how our interaction with video game violence is contextualized through game design and storytelling, how they reflect and shape our perception of war, and explores the real purpose and meaning of immersing yourself in virtual warfare.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction: A New Art of (Anti-)War
8:01 Part 1: Engaging the Video Game
16:44 Part 2: The Gamification of Combat
24:34 Part 3: In Search of Meaningful Gameplay
33:27 Part 4: Hero Simulators
43:44 Part 5: The Struggles of Narrative
53:58 Part 6: The Good Fight
1:03:00 Part 7: Righteous Warriors
1:16:18 Conclusion: A Liberating Ideal

Sources:
[1] “Is there any such thing as an ‘anti-war film’?” bbc.com/culture/article/20140710-can-a-film-be-truly-anti-war
[2] Noah Caldwell-Gervais – The Complete Call of Duty Single Player Campaign Critique (For PC) youtube.com/watch?v=AvN51r1o1Nc
[3] Footage by SmileLantern: youtube.com/channel/UCdZztjMEOG6iPnG5vyL0a2g
[4] Dr. Glenn Walters, in; https://wonder.ph/popculture/why-we-love-horror/
[5] “Is There Such a Thing as an Antiwar Film?” https://people.unil.ch/agnieszkasoltysikmonnet/files/2010/09/Antiwar-Film.pdf
[6] Footage by KahalachanGames: youtube.com/watch?v=G-jTjE5kXCY
[7] Ernest Becker – Escape From Evil amzn.to/3koXV0a
[8] Donald Rumsfeld, in: govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-108shrg96501/html/CHRG-108shrg96501.htm
[9] Ulrich Beck – World at Risk amzn.to/3s0zn1C
[10] Jacob Geller – Does Call of Duty Believe in Anything? youtube.com/watch?v=FtCV421T52s
[11] William James – The Moral Equivalent of War http://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/Pajares/moral.html

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
Battlefield; Brothers in Arms; Call of Duty; Death Stranding; Metal Gear Solid; Hell Let Loose; Killzone; Spec Ops: The Line; The Last of Us; This War of Mine

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Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com

Music:
Rore – Etne
Chris Coleman – Reckoning
Hannah Parrott – Away
Katharine Petkovski – Avenoir
Cathedral – Winter
Lights and Motion – Tainted
Katharine Petkovski – Orion’s Shoulder
Hannah Parrott – Sacred Rhythm
Jordan Critz – A Ripple in Time
Katharine Petkovski – o.m.w.o.t.
Kollen – Constant Meditatiion
Ryan Taubert – Fool
Ryan Taubert – I’m Not a Tyrant
Alicia Enstrom – Voices

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The Missing Key to Understanding Christopher Nolan

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With Oppenheimer on the horizon, let’s take a closer at the filmography of Christopher Nolan through lens of philosopher Kierkegaard, subjectivism and how it ties into our concept of self.

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

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Media included:
Following; Memento; Insomnia; Batman Begins; The Prestige; The Dark Knight; Inception; The Dark Knight Rises; Interstellar; Dunkirk; Tenet

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Music:
Tony Anderson – The Way Home
Tony Anderson – Eclosion
Hannah Parrott – Held
Hannah Parrott – Sacred Rhythm
Lights and Motion – And We Collide Into Nothingess

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The Myth of Heroic Masculine Purpose, and How it’s Harming Men

Like Stories of Old 2022-02-28 | Watch this video ad-free, and get access to exclusive content, on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-myth-of-heroic-masculine-purpose

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About this video essay:
A critical analysis of the myth of heroic masculine purpose, and its effect on men’s perception of manhood, and on their connection to others and to the world.

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Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
300; Avengers: Infinity War + Endgame; Batman Begins; Batman v. Superman; Black Panther; Breaking Bad; Captain America: The First Avenger; Captain Fantastic; Casino Royale; Chernobyl; Commando; Creed I + II; Deepwater Horizon; Drive; Dune; Dunkirk; Fences; Fight Club; Into the Wild; Iron Man 1 + 3; It’s a Wonderful Life; Jarhead; Jobs; John Wick; Man of Steel; Marvel’s Daredevil; Minari; Nightmare Alley; No Time To Die; Nobody; Paterson; Quantum of Solace; Rambo First Blood Part 2; Rocky Balboa; Skyfall; Spectre; Spiderman 1 + 2 + 3; Station Eleven; Tenet; The Amazing Spider-Man 2; The Avengers; The Dark Knight + Rises; The Lord of the Rings; The Searchers; The Social Network; The Tree of Life; The Wolf of Wall Street; True Detective; We Are Your Friends; Whiplash

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Music:
Ryan Taubert – Reverence
Tony Anderson – Like A Child
The Yeahtones – Hollywood Vampires
Tony Anderson – Dreams and Visions
Davis Harwell – Rising and Falling, What the Tide Could Bring
Ryan Taubert – Nations
Tony Anderson - Eclosion

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Don’t Look Up – A Problematic Metaphor For Climate Change?

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About this video essay:
A critical review of Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:35 Why The Big Short was great
09:03 Vice, also not bad
11:22 Don't Look Up takes a different approach
13:06 The struggle to storify climate change
14:31 Climate change as a communication problem
17:19 Why the comet just doesn't work
19:55 Simplifying the real problem
25:12 American Exceptionalism
29:07 Self-caused vs. random event
32:14 The pain of a disconnected world
39:31 Epilogue

Sources:
Bruno Latour - Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime: amzn.to/3o0kmLo
Timothy Morton - Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World: amzn.to/3u1NfuA
Ulrich Beck - Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity: amzn.to/35fs5yA
Ulrich Beck - The Metamorphosis of the World: How Climate Change is Transforming Our Concept of the World: amzn.to/3Iv4to6
Madeleine Heyward - Equity and international climate change negotiations: A matter of perspective: researchgate.net/publication/228979376_Equity_and_international_climate_change_negotiations_A_matter_of_perspective

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
Don’t Look Up; The Big Short; Vice; An Inconvenient Truth 1 &2; South Park; The Day After Tomorrow

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Music:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (London Symphony Orchestra)
Lights & Motion – Ghost of You
Mullaha – Luxury
Slow Meadow – A Distant Glow
Madron – Without Illusion
Slow Meadow – On a Bed of Green Blades
Brique a Braq – Du Repos
Slow Meadow – Blue Aubade

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Additional Music:
Dear Gravity – Fire Sleeper
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The 12 Best Movies of 2021

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About this video essay:
In this end of the year special, let's review the best movies of 2021!

0:00 Introduction
0:51 Honorable Mentions
3:03 The Last Duel
4:43 The Green Knight
6:25 Dune
7:54 Belfast & The Hand of God
9:53 Important Message!
12:22 Spencer
13:56 C'mon C'mon
15:51 Identifying Features
17:21 Inside
18:10 The Humans
19:59 Riders of Justice
21:37 Pig
23:28 Most Anticipated Movies for 2022

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Music:
Dexter Britain - Auld Lang Syne
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3 Types of Identity Crisis You Didnt Even Know You Had

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About this video essay:
An exploration of 3 different types of identity crisis, how they are reflected by stories, and how we can deal with them.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
4:11 Type 1: Displacement
7:18 Type 2: Constrictment
10:43 Interlude: A Premature Victory
13:39 Type 3: Overwhelming Freedom
17:23 What to do?

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
300; 500 Days of Summer; A Beautiful Mind; A Fantastic Woman; A Star is Born; Ad Astra; Arrival; Avatar; Beautiful Boy; Before Midnight; Before Sunrise; Before Sunset; Billy Elliot; Blade Runner; Blade Runner 2049; Bo Burnham’s Inside; Brokeback Mountain; Call Me By Your Name; Cinderella; Cloud Atlas; Crazy Stupid Love; Dances With Wolves; Dead Poets Society; Easy Rider; Eat Pray Love; Eight Grade; Fight Club; Garden State; Ghostbusters After Life; Good Will Hunting; Green Book; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone; Her; Ikiru; Inside Llewyn Davis; It’s a Wonderful Life; Jurassic Park; Jurassic World; Knight of Cups; Last Night in Soho; Lost in Translation; Mid90s; Minari; Moonlight; Mr. Nobody; Noah; October Sky; Office Space; Paterson; Pig; Rebel Without a Cause; Silence; Sorry to Bother You; Sound of Metal; Spencer; Spiderman; Star Wars; Synecdoche, New York; Terminator 2; The Danish Girl; The End of the Tour; The Farewell; The Fountain; The Great Beauty; The Intern; The Last Duel; The New World; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Pursuit of Happyness; The Road; The Royal Tenenbaums; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; The Tree of Life; We Are Your Friends; Where the Wild Things Are; Whiplash

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Music:
Slow Meadow – Tethered to the Earth
Dexter Britain – What is Lost
Dexter Britain – Lost in Light
Jesse Brown – Light With Factor Eight
Jude Cosmo – Fade Into Light

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Why the Best Religious Movies are Godless

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About this video essay:
One of my more personal videos, in which I discuss existential cinema, explore empty churches, reflect on my childhood, and contemplate the silence of God.

Chapters
0:00 Prologue
0:27 Introduction to Existential Cinema
2:28 Cathedrals of the Senses
5:50 Cinematic Crises of Faith
8:18 A Secular Upbringing
10:34 Modern Stories
13:14 In Search of Silence
17:15 The Great Existential Films

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
A Hidden Life; Andrei Rublev; Ben-Hur; Blade Runner; Calvary; Diary of a Country Priest; Exodus Gods and Kings; First Reformed; God’s Not Dead; Ikiru; Kingdom of Heaven; Mary Magdalene; Midnight Mass; Noah; Silence; Spotlight; Stalker; Sunshine; The Greatest Story Ever Told; The Grey; The Leftovers; The Seventh Seal; The Tree of Life; True Detective; Winter Light

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Music:
Dexter Britain – All Our Needs
Davis Harwell – Enough (This One’s For Me)
Hammock – Now and Not Yet

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Additional Music:
Roseblue – A Love That Fades
Steven O’Brien – Solemn Choral Piece No. 1
Dreyma Music – Nocturnal: youtube.com/watch?v=DXNK1YEBZgc

What Denis Villeneuve Reveals About the Dark Depths of Humanity

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About this video essay:
A deep dive analysis of the filmmaking philosophy of Denis Villeneuve, and of the themes and meanings found in his work.

Sources:
The Discarded Image – How Denis Villeneuve Found His Voice: youtube.com/watch?v=T7XC0dItruI

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
August 32nd on Earth; Arrival; Blade Runner 2049; Dune; Enemy; Incendies; Maelström; Polytechnique; Prisoners; Sicario

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Music:
Luke Atencio – Haunting a Ghost
Luke Atencio – I’m Not Ready Yet
Luke Atencio – When I Grow Up
Luke Atencio – Alone
Jude Cosmo – Lunar Echo

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Michael Vignola – Call For You
Michael Vignola – Glow While Consuming
Michael Vignola – Can You Help
Michael Vignola – Too Much
Michael Vignola – Further and Further

Nature is a Human Construct, and it’s Time to Change it

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About this video essay:
In the face of climate change, environmental destruction, and general feelings of ecological disconnect, I returned to the wild to restore our relation with nature, and to explore new philosophies that can help guide us through these despairing times.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:39 Part 1: The Outsider
07:34 Part 2: Into the Woods
17:06 Part 3: An Imagined Reality
26:47 Part 4: The Death of Nature
38:54 Part 5: A New Era

Sources:
Henry David Thoreau – Walden: amzn.to/3CUc9gE
Bruno Latour – We Have Never Been Modern: amzn.to/2WryTVP
Bruno Latour – Politics of Nature: amzn.to/3F4SSev
Bruno Latour – Facing Gaia: amzn.to/3kSngk6

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

My Camera Gear: kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear

Media included:
Into the Wild; The Tree of Life; Avatar; Blade Runner 2049; The Revenant; Dances With Wolves; The New World

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Music:
Dexter Britain – Running With the Herd
Dexter Britain – Simple Things
Jesse Brown – Light With Factor Eight
Generdyn – Our Kingdom
Adrian Disch – Ready (Eventide)
Dexter Britain – The Time To Run (Finale)
Jude Cosmo – Lunar Echo
Jude Cosmo – Amethyst
Dexter Britain – The Time To Run (Original Piano)
Canyon City – Simple (Instrumental)
Secret Nation – Everything (Instrumental)

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How (Not) To Tell a Meaningful Zombie Story

Like Stories of Old 2021-08-09 | Uncensored and extended cut: nebula.tv/videos/like-stories-of-old-what-makes-zombie-stories-meaningful

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About this video essay:
What are zombie stories really about? When do they succeed, when do they fail? Let’s find out!

0:00 Introduction: The Zombie Genre Uprising
2:48 Part 1: Myth of the Dead
7:25 Part 2: Survival Fantasies
13:56 Part 3: Masks Off
22:18 Part 4: Meaningful Inhumanity

Sources:
Max Brooks – World War Z: amzn.to/3Ak9lIu
Entertain the Elk - The Day The Walking Dead Died: youtube.com/watch?v=e9xMqtIWYQE

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

Media included:
28 Days Later; A Quiet Place II; Alien; An American Werewolf in London; Army of the Dead; AVP: Alien vs. Predator; Black Summer; Dawn of the Dead 1978 + 2004; Day of the Dead; Dead Alive; Dead Snow; Dying Light; Edge of Tomorrow; Godzilla vs. Kong; I Am Legend; King Kong 1933 + 2005; Kong Skull Island; Night of the Living Dead; Nosferatu the Vampyre; Predator; Reign of Fire; Shaun of the Dead; Terminator 2; The Last of Us 1 + 2; The Girl With All the Gifts; The Shape of Water; The Tomorrow War; The Walking Dead; Train to Busan 1 + 2; Van Helsing; Warm Bodies; World War Z; Zombieland 1 + 2

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Music:
Makeup and Vanity Set – Mourning Rite
Cathedral – Delirium
Alistair Sung – Searching the Unknown
Dexter Britain – Ocean Breeze
Dexter Britain – What is Lost
Madron – Allude
Ryan Taubert – Fool
A Taylor - Flutter

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Why We Cant Save Those We Love

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About this video essay:
Why is it that we struggle so much to help those who are closest to us, those we should know and understand? Why can’t we save those we love?

Sources:
Norman Maclean – A River Runs Through It: amzn.to/3hZ1fxA
Ernest Becker – The Birth and Death of Meaning: amzn.to/2U3FW5Z

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

Media included:
500 Days of Summer; 50/50; A Beautiful Mind; A River Runs Through It; About Time; Ali; Amadeus; American Sniper; Apollo 11; At Eternity’s Gate; Beautiful Boy; Before Midnight; Before Sunrise; Before Sunset; Blade Runner 2049; Brokeback Mountain; Captain Fantastic; Casino Royale; Crazy Stupid Love; Demolition; Ford v Ferrari; Free Solo; Get On Up; Good Will Hunting; Goodfellas; Grizzly Man; Her; I Tonya; Interstellar; Into the Wild; Lincoln; Little Women; Louder Than Bombs; Man of Steel; Marriage Story; Moonlight; My Own Private Idaho; Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin; Opening Night; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Rocky; Senna; Song to Song; Steve Jobs; The Descendants; The End of the Tour; The Haunting of Hill House; The Imitation Game; The King’s Speech; The Leftovers; The Shawshank Redemption; The Tree of Life; The Two Popes; The Wolf of Wall Street; To the Wonder; Tolkien; Voyage of Time

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Music:
Slow Meadow – Crown of Amber Canopy
Dexter Britain – Dream Array

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Roman P – At Peace

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Stories of The Netherlands – An Introduction to Dutch Cinema

Like Stories of Old 2021-06-20 | Listen & subscribe to the MUBI Podcast wherever you get your podcasts: mubi.io/podcast
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About this video essay:
An analysis of the stories of my home country, the Netherlands.

Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking

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Music:
Zachary David – Glow (ambient version)
Dexter Britain – Icarus
Glowworm – Sacred Tree
Tony Anderson – All is Not Lost

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David James Terry – Noises
Kyle Preston – We Finally Made It

Can We Be Heroes Again? Confronting the Banality of Modern Evil

Like Stories of Old 2021-05-28 | Watch this video ad-free, and get access to exclusive content on Nebula: go.nebula.tv/lsoo

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About this video essay:
An analysis of the dissonance between morality and heroism in stories, and the reality and moral complexities of our modern society.

0:00 Introduction: Dreams of Heroism
7:38 Part 1: Organized Irresponsibility
15:41 Part 2: Carrying the Cross
23:03 Part 3: The Banality of Evil
31:09 Part 4: Reclaiming Morality

Sources:
Allan Schnaiberg – The Treadmill of Production: amzn.to/3hWv6rR
Ulrich Beck – Risk Society: amzn.to/3usjwr9
Ulrich Beck – World Risk Society: amzn.to/3ft7g5k
Ivie – Can ‘Ethical’ Consumption Exist Under Capitalism? (no): youtube.com/watch?v=GXUIP0mLgn8
Kaylene C. Williams – Fear Appeal Theory: researchgate.net/publication/265807800_Fear_Appeal_Theory
Kim Witte and Mike Allen – A Meta-Analysis of Fear Appeals: researchgate.net/publication/12314742_A_Meta-Analysis_of_Fear_Appeals_Implications_for_Effective_Public_Health_Campaigns
Leigh Singer – Barbaric poetry: can we really film the Holocaust? youtube.com/watch?v=AOoIYmrmlSs
Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking
Lies of Heroism – Redefining the Anti-War Film: youtu.be/yf0G2MPBEYM
Vigilantes, Retribution, and the Pursuit of Meaningful Justice: youtu.be/KvguN86vsUA

Media included:
A Clockwork Orange; A Hidden Life; Avatar; Avengers Endgame; Avengers Infinity War; Bag It; Batman Begins; Batman v Superman; Black Panther; Blade Runner 2049; Captain America Civil War; Captain America The First Avenger; Captain America The Winter Soldier; Captain Fantastic; Cloud Atlas; Cowspiracy; Dominion; Dunkirk; Elysium; Enemy of the State; Fight Club; Game of Thrones; Hacksaw Ridge; Harry Potter; Home; Into the Wild; Joker; Kick-Ass; Kingdom of Heaven; Knight of Cups; Lord of the Rings; Man of Steel; Mr. Robot; Network; Paths of Glory; Platoon; Quantum of Solace; Samsara; Schindler’s List; Sense8; Shooter; Snowpiercer; Spider-Man 2; Spotlight; Star Wars; The Dark Knight; The Dark Knight Rises; The Falcon and the Winter Soldier; The Grey Zone; The Hunger Games; The Killing Fields; The Lion King; The Matrix; The True Cost; V for Vendetta

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Music:
A. Taylor – Particles
Makeup and Vanity Set – Asuntos Primordiales
Tony Anderson – Chasm
A. Taylor – Wistful
Chris Coleman – Reckoning
Shawn Williams – Darkness
A. Taylor – Who Will Remember
Bradford Nyght – Closeness
Jude Cosmo - Chroma

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Josh Leake - She