Philosophy In Film

Somewhere deep within the multiverse, this episode was released on time...  Episode 58 of the Philosophy In Film Podcast features the 2022 absurdist science fiction comedy drama "Everything Everywhere All At Once".  This episode includes all of the regular segments you've come to expect here, including Producers' Notes (8:20), the Beauclair Synopsis (24:41), Philosopher's Corner (37:01) and the Round Table Discussion (45:18), where we, as always, discuss the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention.

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A long awaited (for some people) episode that we postponed recording for over a year, this installment of the podcast features a discussion of the 1985 American adventure comedy "The Goonies". This episode includes Producers' Notes (5:00), the Beauclair Synopsis (15:19), Philosopher's Corner (29:02) and the Round Table Discussion (40:22), where we discuss the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention.

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A Philosophy in Film episode that we almost lost, this is our unedited and raw discussion of "Don't Look Up". This episode, as always, includes Producers' Notes (6:53), the Beauclair Synopsis (24:09), Philosopher's Corner (37:14) and the Round Table Discussion (53:45), where we discuss the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention.

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The Philosophy in Film podcast returns to discuss Frank Darabont's  beloved adaptation of "Shawshank Redemption". This lengthy episode is broken up into a somewhat long-winded Producers' Notes (8:27), followed by a brief synopsis (25:15), the Philosopher's Corner segment (40:32) and finally, a round table discussion of the film (51:23) where we discuss the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention.

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The Philosophy in Film podcast welcomes Artist and Philosopher Megan Craig (megancraig.com) to discuss Jane Campion's adaptation of "The Power of the Dog". As always, the episode is broken up into Producers' Notes (9:14), a brief synopsis (13:37), Philosopher's Corner (21:32) and a round table discussion of the film (31:33), where we discuss the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention.

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The Philosophy in Film podcast tackles the hugely successful blockbuster, "The Matrix". We roll through Producers' Notes (6:18), a brief synopsis (16:21) and Philosopher's Corner (26:26) so that Alain can re-address Philosopher's Corner during the round table discussion (34:17), where we discuss the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention. Spoiler: the shenanigans segment never happens.

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The Philosophy in Film podcast is honored to welcome Adrian Martinez (@tasteofadrian) to the show, to discuss his directorial debut in "iGilbert", a movie he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. We roll through Producers' Notes (5:35), a brief synopsis (10:50) and Philosopher's Corner (17:56) to leave plenty of time for Adrian (24:23) and our round table discussion (48:40) of the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention. Hang around until the end to hear an explanation of the post-scene credits.

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The annual Philosophy in Film Christmas episode examines Irving Berlin's classic holiday musical, "White Christmas". We share a thematic beverage pairing and award a #soapsmas gift box in the annual Christmas Soap draw during Producer's Notes.  A quick synopsis queues up a strangely off-topic segment of Philosopher's Corner before the discussion of the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention.

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Its back to back episodes of Dune, as the Philosophy in Film podcast follows up Lynch's 1984 version, with a look at Denis Villeneuve's updated 2021 interpretation. We once again share our weekly beverage pairing and take time for a brief aside during Producer's Notes.  A brief synopsis queues up another segment of Philosopher's Corner before we delve into a discussion of the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that managed to catch our attention.

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Its the first episode of Season 3, and after a long hiatus, the Philosophy in Film podcast returns to discuss David Lynch's 1984 epic science fiction classic "Dune".  We share our weekly beverage pairing and plod through Producer's Notes (8:20), before a quick Synopsis leads us into Philosopher's Corner (35:11) and the round table discussion of the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention.

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For the final episode of season 2, we discuss the 1987 American romantic drama dance film, "Dirty Dancing", and specifically how the film treats masculinity and the female gaze.  As always, we share a weekly beverage pairing, and plod through some of the Producer's Notes (9:19), before a quick Synopsis leads us into Philosopher's Corner (37:49) and the round table discussion of the philosophical aspects of the movie.

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In this landmark episode, we examine Peter Weir's "The Truman Show", finally delving into the topic of utilitarianism, while welcoming our first ever "in-studio" guest.  We discuss the weekly beverage pairing and power through Producer's Notes (9:54), before a quick Synopsis leads us into Philosopher's Corner (30:50) and a round table discussion of the philosophical aspects of the movie.  Its worth noting that Alain's treatment of utilitarianism is suspect at best.

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This episode focuses on Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland" and a discussion Oikonomia, marginalization, dealing with loss, and the broad range of tools Alain has used to steer the show in the direction he sees fit. We discuss our weekly beer pairing and follow up with Producer's Notes (6:23), The film Synopsis (19:33), Philosopher's Corner (32:27) and the Round Table Discussion of the philosophical aspects of the movie that impacted us the most.

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This episode features Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" and a discussion of scopohilia and the male gaze. Fueled by the listener's protests for the "Beauclair Cut" of our last episode, Alain comes with an abundant stack of notes for the philosophical round table. We sneak in a beer pairing, Producer's Notes (8:08), Synopsis (26:20) and a quick segment of Philosopher's Corner (41:15) before sitting back and cutting Alain loose.

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Philosophy In Film, Episode 44 examines "Zack Snyder's Justice League". Chris raises the concept of fates worse than death, and what makes life worth living while Alain introduces us to the "Beauclair Bypass", where he makes his point by making other points and hopefully finding his way back to the original point in the future.  At our listener's request, this is the uncut version of the episode, aka, "The Beauclair Cut".

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In this episode, we examine Stephen Spielberg's, "Minority Report" (starring friend of the show Tom Cruise) as a launching point for a discussion of free will and determinism. We work our way through Producer's Notes (8:39) and the Synopsis (21:09) before setting up the free will discussion with the Philosopher's Corner (36:20) segment. Alain goes extremely deep, Craig works in multiple references to the Princess Bride, and we find out Alain and Chris share the same middle name.

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Episode 42 of the Philosophy in Film podcast delves into the science fiction comedy, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". A thematic beer selection sets the table for a discussion on the philosophy of questioning (Philosopher's Corner 35:19), ontology, and the overall effectiveness of the film. The guys also talk about Chris's neutrality, season three sponsorships, and a harrowing encounter at the local grocery store.

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In this episode of the Philosophy In Film podcast, we discuss the 2020 sci-fi romantic comedy, "Palm Springs". After dealing with some quick but important administrative issues in Producer's Notes (9:15), Alain provides a Synopsis (17:55) that leads us into a discussion of Nihilism (Philosopher's Corner - 33:23), Existential Nihilism, dinosaurs, the denouement, and a particularly long-winded argument between two guys who may have had a smidge too much to drink.

Featured Beer: Love Shack Hazy Passionfruit IPA, from Cabin Brewing Company (Calgary, Alberta)

This episode of Philosophy In Film, we exit the polar deep freeze and examine the 2005 Political Action Film, "V For Vendetta". A somewhat controversial beer selection sets the table for the philosophical discussion this episode, as we delve into the justification of coercive institutions (Philosopher's Corner - 33:30), eggs in a basket recipes, perspective, radicalization, anarchy, and some of the parallels between recent events in the US and the final scenes of the movie. A quick discussion of the differences between the movie and graphic novel closes out our longest episode to date.

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This week on Philosophy In Film, we tackle Charlie Kauffman's 2020 Psychological Thriller, "I'm Thinking of Ending Things". Our Philosopher's Corner segment examines the concept of Aesthetics and how it relates to the film before the conversation expands to include interiority, genre, alienation and whether or not this movie works or not.

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