There's another interesting question. Whether any of the psychopaths in the movie are actually psychopaths because they all care about something deeply, right? The Christopher Walken character cares deeply for his daughter. Sam Rockwell character care is very much about his friendship with the main character. And then even Woody Harrelson just loves that shitsu. That really like the McGuffin in the movie is that shitsu and a good example of Paul's point that these people aren't that interesting. Whenever you see Hollywood try to write a psychopath like a, you know, Dexter or something, you can't maintain that, right? You need them to care about something or else they are just not
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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