Featuring special guest Seth Zarate (https://twitter.com/snzarate)!

Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film might also be his most personal. Through the tale of a family rendered catatonic by impending nuclear obliteration and one man’s fateful gambit to avoid disaster, he wrestles with the morality of human existence, the sin of the unnecessary, and the role of faith in determining the self. It was a first for all of us, and while we didn’t all go in with the same expectations, we all came to what we think is a pretty good understanding of a remarkably dense film.

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Music: “Erbarme dich, mein Gott” from 'St Matthew Passion' (BWV 244) composed by J.S. Bach and performed by Julia Hamari, Suddeutscher Madrigalchor & Wolfgang Gonnenwein from the THE SACRIFICE soundtrack.

0:00 - Episode 128: THE SACRIFICE (1986)

2:11 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

3:52 - Jason’s thoughts

6:45 - Harry’s thoughts

10:38 - Seth’s thoughts

13:04 - Aaron’s thoughts

13:53 - Aaron’s promise to watch every Tarkovsky movie this year

18:02 - Narcissism, philosophical dread & character development

26:46 - Movies’ problem with religious stories

35:33 - Technology and the sin of that which is unnecessary

53:27 - Spare thoughts