I love that works of art can come from a place where there is, there's communication from Kubrick to us that he might not even be privy to. Prince in an interview once, I'm pretty sure, I'm remembering right, spelled it out very clearly. Lynch is just way more upfront about that. He will say like the whole closure is a way of forgetting that you've seen the damn thing or it's just a word for forgetting that you're seeing the damn thing. Whereas weirdly actually, because Kubrick was such a private reserved person and also completely paranoid that he was going to get like assassinated at any moment,. It turned out in the end.
In this podcast we examine a recent argument for the view that chess is not, in fact, a game. We discuss the Grasshopper’s claim that all games must have a prelusory goal, as well as Skepticus’ objection to the giant Grasshopper concerning chess. We then turn to a broader analysis of the Suitsian account of games. Does the existence of illusory checkmates offer Grasshopper an avenue for replying to Skepticus? Should we bite the bullet and agree that chess is not a game? What is a lusory attitude? Is Tamler losing his mind? Why is David so giddy?
Plus – how should Arthur C. Clarke’s novel "2001: A Space Odyssey" affect our understanding of Kubrick’s movie? And a little more on Kanye.
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