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
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
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.
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)
About this video: 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
Music: Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake BytheWay-May - Alchemy Bach - Fantasia and Imitation in B minor Tim Mann - Parking Garage Dvorak - String Quartet no. 12 in F major David Harwel - Rising and Falling Tim Mann - Feeling the Change Tim Mann - All the Emotions
About this video: 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.
Music: Carrousel - In Her Tomb By The Sounding Sea (slowed) Bytheway-May - Latent (Morocco) (slowed) Alaskan Tapes - Another Song to Stop the Spinning (slowed) The Dandelion War - De Humo (slowed) Slow Meadow - Palemote (slowed)
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?
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
Music: Gavin Brivik - We're on the Bus Home Cardamom - Mar de Grau Inola - In Between Textures - Okaya Steven Gutheinz - Na Mara David Harwell - Rising and Falling
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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
Music: Maylin – I’ll be there Dexter Britain – The time to run 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
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
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
Music: Pendulum Theory – Empyrean 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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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
Media included: 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
Music: Inola – Sea of Light Kino – Many Colors Jacob Montague – I Can Still Hear You Breathe Skyler Lawson – Eclater Brique a Braq – Rouault Steven Guthein – Free Formed SVVN – Lost in the Oasis Rore – The Moon in Your Eyes
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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
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
About this video essay: 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
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
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
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
Music: Dexter Britain - Hoursglass Jo Blankenburg - Dirt Dexter Britain - Your Own World Alaskan Tapes - Swimming and Dancing and Floating in Circles Dexter Britain - Headspace Cultus - Between Mountains Dexter Britain - Air Dexter Britain - Raising
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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: By the Coast - Part of Me Christopher Dennis Coleman - Vesper Shawn Williams - Illuminate I Live Here - September
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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
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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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
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
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
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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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
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
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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
Music: Canyon City - Simple (instrumental) Benjamin Martins - Ether Sku Alon Peretz - Shimmer
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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
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
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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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
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
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?
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
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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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
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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 CenterThe Apocalyptic Filmmaker that Haunts My SoulLike Stories of Old2022-11-30 | Watch The Turin Horse on MUBI with an extended free trial: mubi.com/likestoriesofold
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
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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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
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Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.comDissecting The Rings of Powers Failed Mystery BoxLike Stories of Old2022-11-07 | Watch this video ad-free, and get access to exclusive content on Nebula: go.nebula.tv/lsoo
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
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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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?
Music: Tony Anderson – Debris Hannah Parrott – Sacred Rhythm Jesse Brown and Katharine Petkovski – Embers at Dawn Sleeping Horses – There are no Facts, Only Interpretations
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
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
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
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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Additional Music: Linus Johnsson – Isolation The David Roy Collective – Enchanted Lands Fjodor – Vulnerable Piotr Hummel – Spectacular
Marxist Arrow by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0-license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.orgThe Problem With Adventure Movies TodayLike Stories of Old2022-06-28 | Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: go.nebula.tv/lsoo Watch the exclusive companion video: https://nebula.app/videos/lsoo-the-many-failures-of-jurassic-world-dominion
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
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
Music: Dexter Britain – Midnight Sand Dexter Britain – Your Own World Dexter Britain – Raising Dexter Britain – Stay With Me Daniel Deuschle – Wild is Life
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.
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
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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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
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
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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About this video essay: 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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Media included: Following; Memento; Insomnia; Batman Begins; The Prestige; The Dark Knight; Inception; The Dark Knight Rises; Interstellar; Dunkirk; Tenet
Music: Tony Anderson – The Way Home Tony Anderson – Eclosion Hannah Parrott – Held Hannah Parrott – Sacred Rhythm Lights and Motion – And We Collide Into Nothingess
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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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
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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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
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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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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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?
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
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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Additional Music: Caleb Etheridge – Shooting StarWhy the Best Religious Movies are GodlessLike Stories of Old2021-11-26 | Watch this video ad-free, and get access to exclusive content on Nebula: go.nebula.tv/lsoo
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
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
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=DXNK1YEBZgcWhat Denis Villeneuve Reveals About the Dark Depths of HumanityLike Stories of Old2021-10-31 | Start your 30 DAY FREE TRIAL now at mubi.com/likestoriesofold
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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Additional Music: Michael Vignola – Call For You Michael Vignola – Glow While Consuming Michael Vignola – Can You Help Michael Vignola – Too Much Michael Vignola – Further and FurtherNature is a Human Construct, and it’s Time to Change itLike Stories of Old2021-09-30 | Watch this video ad-free, and get access to exclusive content on Nebula: go.nebula.tv/lsoo
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
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)
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
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
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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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
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: Zachary David – Glow (ambient version) Dexter Britain – Icarus Glowworm – Sacred Tree Tony Anderson – All is Not Lost
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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
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
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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