unreasonable person

Houston 2022-11-08 18:25:31

A philosophy teacher who lost hope in life and wanted to commit suicide, accidentally discovered the meaning of his life----"murder", killing an unfair judge for the people. The "irrational man" mentioned in the movie's name seems to be the male protagonist, who took the lives of other people in order to find a fulcrum in life. But I think it's more about the heroine. She has always insisted on what she thinks is ethical and moral, which is really annoying. Instead, she hopes that she will die in the end.

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Irrational Man quotes

  • [first lines]

    Abe: [narrating] Kant said human reason is troubled by questions that it cannot dismiss, but also cannot answer. Okay, so, what are we talking about here? Morality? Choice? The randomness of life? Aesthetics? Murder?

    Jill: I think Abe was crazy from the beginning. Was it from stress? Was it anger? Was he disgusted by what he saw as life's never-ending suffering? Or was he simply bored by the meaninglessness of day-to-day existence? He was so damn interesting. And different. And a good talker. And he could always cloud the issue with words.

    Abe: Where to begin? You know, the existentialists feel nothing happens until you hit absolute rock bottom. Well, let's say that when I went to teach at Braylin College, emotionally, I was at Zabriskie Point. Of course, my reputation, or should I say a reputation, preceded me.

  • Abe Lucas: Jill had been right in her appraisal of me. I was teetering on the brink of some kind of breakdown, unable to deal with my feelings of anger, frustration, futility. They say that drowning is a painless way to go.