In this chapter, the podcast hosts discuss their recent discussion with individuals from another podcast, diving deep into analyzing the TV show adaptation of Watchmen and the film 'Rashomon'. They explore the accessibility of Watchmen on various platforms and highlight the philosophical themes and impressive filmmaking techniques of 'Rashomon'.
Eleventh Century Japan. A samurai and his wife are walking through the forest and come across a bandit. The bandit attacks the samurai and has sex with/rapes his wife. A woodcutter finds the samurai, stabbed to death. Who killed the samurai and with what? What role did his wife play in his death? Kurosawa gives us four perspectives, told in flashbacks within flashbacks. Who’s telling the truth? Is anyone? Can we ever know what really happened? A simple story on the surface becomes a meditation on epistemological despair.
Plus, your lizard brain is out to get you and you only have 90 seconds to stop it!
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