In this episode, Andrew and Frank discuss the thematic threads running through Chronicle. Why does Matt keep quoting philosophers like Schopenhauer and Plato? Is the choice to make it a found-footage film an appropriate one? What is Josh Trank trying to say about the nature of art? All this and more.

SHOW NOTES:

0:22 - Intro and clip

2:43 - Becoming your parents

6:09 - Schopenhauer and the concept of will

10:55 - The camera as social buffer, art as inherently selfish

22:22 - Plato’s allegory of the cave

24:24 - Film as unfulfilled desire

27:15 - A political message?

31:20 - The handling of high school stereotypes, cinematography

35:00 - The nosebleeds

40:00 - Show close

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