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Megane 2022-10-11 18:46:43

2.6 Irrational Man (2015) (Woody Allen) (Emma Stone & Joaquin Phoenix) 7.9 The more I read,
the less I understand this old man.
Dressed in a philosophical coat, the narrative is great, and the flashlight at the end is bright, a bit like the end of the game, but I have to say that it is a normal and mediocre work, and it has a commercial atmosphere that cannot be hidden.
However, this film still has a certain inspiration for laymen like me.
People can be understood and accompanied by a certain time, space and extent. At this time, he and she are not in absolute loneliness, but according to the theory of perpetual motion, time and people are constantly changing and advancing under any circumstances. middle. Since the basic attribute of human beings is loneliness, even if it seems that he is not lonely in a certain period of the process of change, or the loneliness is alleviated, he is still lonely because he is in a process of advancing and moving. among.
As Márquez said: loneliness is the curse of people who live in groups. It doesn't make sense to
talk about a lonely moment. Human beings have only moments when they are not alone, and only some moments when they are not alone.

The professor in the film is saying that many people who don't understand philosophy can live a good life, but most people who understand philosophy can't, and these people are laughing at ordinary people for living unconsciously while experiencing ordinary life. Pain that no one has ever experienced.
And if you ask me: would you rather be a blissful individual fool or a sober miserable one.
I would still choose the latter.

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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.