Despite its clear thematic and philosophical connections to the other film in this pairing, Krzysztof Kieślowski’s BLIND CHANCE, Daniel Schienert and Daniel Kwan’s new EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is a unique experience, a bold, humanistic film full of big messages and also butt jokes. It’s a film that’s built to surprise and delight on first viewing, but what does it offer in terms of rewatch value? That’s one of the things we debate in our discussion of the Daniels’ film, before bringing Kieślowski’s back into the picture to talk through some of those thematic and philosophical connections.

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Show Notes

Works Cited:

• Everything Everywhere All at Once review by Walter Chaw (filmfreakcentral.net)

• Blind Chance: The Conditional Mood, by Dennis Lim (criterion.com)

Outro music: Son Lux w/ Randy Newman, “Now We’re Cookin’"

Next pairing: Spike Jonze’s ADAPTATION and Tom Gormican’s THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT

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