This is the first episode in a three-part series born from my old university thesis on science-fiction cinema, death, and the pursuit of immortality.
It explores how our fear of mortality gave birth to culture, art, and finally, cinema itself — the first medium able to capture life while simultaneously preserving death.

From the myth of Prometheus to Freud’s idea of illusion, from ancient rituals to the flicker of the first moving image, this episode traces how every act of creation began as an act of defiance against disappearance.

Referenced works & voices:

• Prometheus Bound – Aeschylus

• Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion

• Zygmunt Bauman, Mortality, Immortality and Other Life Strategies

• André Bazin, What is Cinema?

• Adolfo Bioy Casares, The Invention of Morel

Picture from Banksy graffiti.