Silver Eye Society

Dr. Strangelove is a complex movie that makes sense of the strange obsession with physical purity German nationalism displayed.

 

Nationalism is a dirty word today, but is there a role for uniting under a shared national identity even in as diverse a nation as the U.S.? The body politic, virtue, and patriotic suicide are concepts far removed from American culture, for better or worse.

 

Lots of history, uncomfortable discussions of nationalism, and a good dose of taunting our YouTube overloads is packed into this Silver Eye Society episode.

 

◬ Salomé Sibonex and Justin A.W. Blair discuss. 

 

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The Truman Show is about you.

It's about how you deal with the pursuit of truth in a world with a long history of killing the messenger.

It's about how you deal with suffering, whether you choose the stagnant suffering of avoiding risk or the meaningful suffering that comes from accepting it.

Even though this movie came out before social media and reality TV, it's about how you deal with being you when 15-minute fame and public personas are the norm.

The Truman Show is ultimately about the freedom required to become yourself—a True-Man—and the cost of freedom that many can't bear to pay.

 

◬ Salomé Sibonex and Justin A.W. Blair discuss. 

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◬ Watch part 1 of this episode: Escaping Plato's Cave & Descartes' Demon in The Truman Show.

 

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How do Jim Carrey and Plato join together in a way that isn't insane?

 

The Truman Show is modernity's Allegory of the Cave, where the pursuit of truth requires leaving behind the world you know.

 

Only the individual can discover truth, though in our digital echo chambers today, stepping outside a perfectly curated world doesn't require the imprisonment Plato imagined.

 

Are we doomed to be fooled by Descartes' digital demon into clinging to falsity in our virtual cave?

 

Most people aren't willing to go to the ends of their world to find the truth. Most would rather not ask "How's it going to end?"

 

 

◬ Salomé Sibonex and Justin A.W. Blair discuss. 

 

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We scoff at the exorcisms and supernatural psychology of the past, but it's our view of mental illness today that's a novel invention.

 

Hereditary shows us why for most of our history, being plagued by our "demons" wasn't just a metaphor.

 

Our most unhinged episode yet: Twitter as self-inflicted schizophrenia, action-movie Jesus, modern-day possession, and your demons versus your daemons.

 

Humans have been at war with forces within themselves that they can't quite control for thousands of years. Hereditary stands on the border between our mystical and mental illnesses.

 

◬ Salomé Sibonex and Justin A.W. Blair discuss. 

 

◬ This episode is free, but we have to eat! You can get more philosophy, mythology, and movies plus in-depth discussion by joining us on Patreon.

 

◬ Watch this episode on YouTube. 

 

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Horror is treated like film's weird cousin by the mainstream, but Hereditary proves the artistic and philosophical depths it can reach.

 

After all, what is life but the inspiration for all horror?

 

Ancient debates permeate Hereditary, from the existence of free will to the wisdom of Greek tragedy.

 

Join the Silver Eye Society as we consider whether Hereditary is just Sam Harris' deterministic hell.

 

 Salomé Sibonex and Justin A.W. Blair discuss. 

 

This episode is free, but we have to eat! You can get more philosophy, mythology, and movies plus in-depth discussion by joining us on Patreon.

 

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The Lighthouse is a horror about the core of all horror: life.

A meaningless life, an undignified life, an absurd life, an ended life. What does absurdism show us about the horror of life?

 

The ancient struggle between the old and young generations is another question The Lighthouse considers. Respect your elders or eat the rich? Salomé Sibonex and Justin A.W. Blair discuss. 

 

This episode is free, but we have to eat! You can get more philosophy, mythology, and movies plus in-depth discussion by joining us on Patreon.