Well, it’s the end of an era. I’ve been following a blog called 366 Weird Movies, ever since Kyle Kallgren gave it a shoutout in his review of W: The Movie, six and a half years ago. They’re basically a film blog about, among other things, counting down a canon of 366 weird movies, one for every day of the year. They finally announced the 366th film in their canon. And fortunately, it’s in the public domain.
Strange thing is that, going to see my therapist, she said that all her clients today have been talking about the end of an era In their lives, whether it’s losing a loved one, or empty nest syndrome, or getting a job, or falling out with a Youtuber you used to like. And speaking of which, I figured out I never talked about one of the most galling videos he made: it’s The Departed as seen through the lens of Nietzsche. And, of course, it’s extremely critical of Nietzsche. There’s a lot of legitimate grounds for criticism of Nietzsche, but the way he goes about it, although he’s evidently read quite a lot about it, he seems to have a very shallow understanding of the man’s thought:
Like I said, there’s serious criticisms to be made about Nietzsche, like how far he goes in his pursuit of transcendent morality, and how untenable the Ubermensch ideal really is, but he really drops the ball by taking a complicated philosopher and examining it through a lens that can’t actually understand it. At the very least, Hannibal Lecter would be a better jumping-off point for a critique of Nietzsche.
And yet, I stuck by him for five more months before I finally decided to say “fuck this channel. You claim to be studying film through a philosophical and political lens, but you sacrifice integrity in your analysis of film and philosophy because you’re too obsessed with your own politics to do it properly.” Well, I think I got everything that needed to be said about this guy off my chest.
Also, I’m watching T2: Trainspotting and I’m surprised at the level of Scots dialect in the film, and how the subtitle track smooths it over. I don’t know why I’m so surprised, but, even the first film, which I rewatched last month, didn’t lay on the Scots this thick.
Strange thing is that, going to see my therapist, she said that all her clients today have been talking about the end of an era In their lives, whether it’s losing a loved one, or empty nest syndrome, or getting a job, or falling out with a Youtuber you used to like. And speaking of which, I figured out I never talked about one of the most galling videos he made: it’s The Departed as seen through the lens of Nietzsche. And, of course, it’s extremely critical of Nietzsche. There’s a lot of legitimate grounds for criticism of Nietzsche, but the way he goes about it, although he’s evidently read quite a lot about it, he seems to have a very shallow understanding of the man’s thought:
- Repeating the bullshit myth about Nietzsche’s Anti-Semitism (as critical as he was of Judaism, as much as he was with Christianity, he was far more vitriolic about his hatred of anti-Semitism.)
- Making the mistake of taking his “master/slave morality” idea as a strict dichotomy, when he was pretty explicit about saying he wanted to examine all morality critically and transcend all the former systems of ethics, and assuming that “if slave morality is wrong, then master morality must be right” as Leon does in the video blatantly misses the point of the entire ethical project Nietzsche was trying to do.
- Pointing out that, while Jack Nicholson’s character falls far short of the Ubermensch ideal, it’s still fair to use that as an excuse to dismiss it as morally bankrupt. Despite Nietzsche himself anticipating the problem and even creating an archetype of the pitfalls of nihilism that even fits him even better.
- Likening Nietzsche to Trump.
Like I said, there’s serious criticisms to be made about Nietzsche, like how far he goes in his pursuit of transcendent morality, and how untenable the Ubermensch ideal really is, but he really drops the ball by taking a complicated philosopher and examining it through a lens that can’t actually understand it. At the very least, Hannibal Lecter would be a better jumping-off point for a critique of Nietzsche.
And yet, I stuck by him for five more months before I finally decided to say “fuck this channel. You claim to be studying film through a philosophical and political lens, but you sacrifice integrity in your analysis of film and philosophy because you’re too obsessed with your own politics to do it properly.” Well, I think I got everything that needed to be said about this guy off my chest.
Also, I’m watching T2: Trainspotting and I’m surprised at the level of Scots dialect in the film, and how the subtitle track smooths it over. I don’t know why I’m so surprised, but, even the first film, which I rewatched last month, didn’t lay on the Scots this thick.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
