It falls into a broader category of dystopian comedies. It opens up with one of the most harrowing scenes of sort of big brother. No matter how efficient we get, there will always be layers of bureaucracy. The beautiful art design that went into the movie Brazil embodies the stupidity of human beings and the inefficiency of it. And it's less of a lament of the beautiful sort of machine that takes away our humanity.
Philosophers can be funny and funny movies can be philosophical. David and Tamler welcome frequent VBW guest and arch-enemy of empathy Paul Bloom to discuss their five favorite comic films with philosophical/psychological themes. Groundhog Day was off-limits for our top five (we would've all chosen it) so we start by explaining why it's the quintessential movie for this topic.
Links
[all movie links are to imdb.com]
- Paul's Top 5
- Tamler's Top 5
- David's Top 5
Special Guest: Paul Bloom.
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