The Philosophy in Film podcast tackles the hugely successful blockbuster, "The Matrix". We roll through Producers' Notes (6:18), a brief synopsis (16:21) and Philosopher's Corner (26:26) so that Alain can re-address Philosopher's Corner during the round table discussion (34:17), where we discuss the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention. Spoiler: the shenanigans segment never happens.

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The Philosophy in Film podcast is honored to welcome Adrian Martinez (@tasteofadrian) to the show, to discuss his directorial debut in "iGilbert", a movie he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. We roll through Producers' Notes (5:35), a brief synopsis (10:50) and Philosopher's Corner (17:56) to leave plenty of time for Adrian (24:23) and our round table discussion (48:40) of the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention. Hang around until the end to hear an explanation of the post-scene credits.

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The annual Philosophy in Film Christmas episode examines Irving Berlin's classic holiday musical, "White Christmas". We share a thematic beverage pairing and award a #soapsmas gift box in the annual Christmas Soap draw during Producer's Notes. A quick synopsis queues up a strangely off-topic segment of Philosopher's Corner before the discussion of the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention.

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Its back to back episodes of Dune, as the Philosophy in Film podcast follows up Lynch's 1984 version, with a look at Denis Villeneuve's updated 2021 interpretation. We once again share our weekly beverage pairing and take time for a brief aside during Producer's Notes. A brief synopsis queues up another segment of Philosopher's Corner before we delve into a discussion of the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that managed to catch our attention.

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Its the first episode of Season 3, and after a long hiatus, the Philosophy in Film podcast returns to discuss David Lynch's 1984 epic science fiction classic "Dune". We share our weekly beverage pairing and plod through Producer's Notes (8:20), before a quick Synopsis leads us into Philosopher's Corner (35:11) and the round table discussion of the philosophical and non-philosophical aspects of the movie that caught our attention.

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For the final episode of season 2, we discuss the 1987 American romantic drama dance film, "Dirty Dancing", and specifically how the film treats masculinity and the female gaze. As always, we share a weekly beverage pairing, and plod through some of the Producer's Notes (9:19), before a quick Synopsis leads us into Philosopher's Corner (37:49) and the round table discussion of the philosophical aspects of the movie.

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In this landmark episode, we examine Peter Weir's "The Truman Show", finally delving into the topic of utilitarianism, while welcoming our first ever "in-studio" guest. We discuss the weekly beverage pairing and power through Producer's Notes (9:54), before a quick Synopsis leads us into Philosopher's Corner (30:50) and a round table discussion of the philosophical aspects of the movie. Its worth noting that Alain's treatment of utilitarianism is suspect at best.

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This episode focuses on Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland" and a discussion Oikonomia, marginalization, dealing with loss, and the broad range of tools Alain has used to steer the show in the direction he sees fit. We discuss our weekly beer pairing and follow up with Producer's Notes (6:23), The film Synopsis (19:33), Philosopher's Corner (32:27) and the Round Table Discussion of the philosophical aspects of the movie that impacted us the most.

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This episode features Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" and a discussion of scopohilia and the male gaze. Fueled by the listener's protests for the "Beauclair Cut" of our last episode, Alain comes with an abundant stack of notes for the philosophical round table. We sneak in a beer pairing, Producer's Notes (8:08), Synopsis (26:20) and a quick segment of Philosopher's Corner (41:15) before sitting back and cutting Alain loose.

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Philosophy In Film, Episode 44 examines "Zack Snyder's Justice League". Chris raises the concept of fates worse than death, and what makes life worth living while Alain introduces us to the "Beauclair Bypass", where he makes his point by making other points and hopefully finding his way back to the original point in the future. At our listener's request, this is the uncut version of the episode, aka, "The Beauclair Cut".

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