"Groundhog's Day is one of those rare movies that I found no other movie that did this as well," he says. "The point of the plot is the philosophical idea, it made you laugh by giving us a particular philosophical idea." There are also Buddhist parallels in the film and an implicit theory of morality.
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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