Review of Examined Life (2008) by Jon S — 05 Jul 2010
The name of the movie gets me already, "examined life", that echoes with Socrates's "An unexamined life is not worth living.".
The simplest documentary movie I have ever seen. A camera, 6 interviews with philosophers, done. Interviews conducted no in the air-conditioned offices but on the streets, in the park, in the airport departure halls, in the filthy landfill, really help audience to make the connection between philosophy and life.
1. Knowing others. Once you think you know you know them, you are ready to kill them. Oh they are the Axis of evil, let's drop some bombs.
2. Immediate gratification. A lot of people have been thought and fueled by promises of immediate gratification in thought, in food, in junk. It's a way of dressing the wound of non-meaning. There are some quick grasp for meaning, for god, for nation, for patriotism.
3. Cosmopolitanism. We are responsible collectively for each other. And it's okay to be different. They care about everybody but not in a way they want everybody to be like them.
4. Ecology. See perfection in imperfection. It's like love, you do not idealize your lover, you accept that person despite all the failures, ugly points. And that's how we should see the nature. Make use of the trash.
This review of Examined Life (2008) was written by Jon S on 05 Jul 2010.
Examined Life has generally received positive reviews.
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