Nietzsche (2003)
Released: August 2003
Genre: Drama / Psychological
Running Time: Approx. 5 minutes
Download:
Nietzsche.mov (Quicktime needed, 17.0 mb)
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The Story: Two coworkers have a conversation about the philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
Production Notes: The script for this short was written in August of 2002. We had just completed “The Last Patrol” and “The Quotient of all Anxieties” and we were ready for a new project. We were inspired to make a gangster flick after watching Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. Andrew came up with the idea of two gangsters sitting at a table talking about philosophy while a third man, their hostage, sat tied to a chair next to them. We thought this was a great opening scene for what could be a really cool gangster film. We even had a name for it, “The Black Tie Affair.” However we were never able to get it off the ground and we ditched the script. Nearly a year later we decided to resurrect the idea and give it a new angle. Just as a side note: what Ezekiel says in this movie does not necessarily reflect our religious beliefs, we just like hate mail.
Cast and Crew:
Andrew Isaac as Ezekiel
Jared Marshall as Samuel
Directed by Bryan Harley
Written by Andrew Isaac
Edited by Bryan Harley
Original Music by Jeffrey Michael
Screenshots:
very very sad!
[..YouTube..] very very sad!
oh sooo deeeeep, artsy, and so nihilistic…i almost blew my brains out before i finished watching
[..YouTube..] oh sooo deeeeep, artsy, and so nihilistic…i almost blew my brains out before i finished watching
5/5Hilarious ….
[..YouTube..] 5/5Hilarious ….
I liked it!
I didn’t read all of the previous posters, but rather than have the format be a lecture, why not an engaging discussion, neither party having the upperhand? I think that would be far more interesting, and you could still have the exclamation at the end with the gunshot. Good work!
They actually don’t have Nietzsche right. They view him as far more nihilistic than he actually is. That said the idea that there is no inherent order or structure to the universe is true. What Nietzsche did is tare down previous absolutist views because they weren’t right. Then he said be a freethinker! Figure shit out for yourself.P.S. Hobbes was only good in the first section of Leviathan. The rest is just crap about forcing people to conform to some catholic hierarchy.
Eh, good dramatic tension but I don’t think Nietzsche would be happy if he thought that everything he ever wrote could be summed up in a YouTube video.
Bullshit, Schopenhaur is the first modern pessimist, Nietzsche is a life afirming fatalist, he didn’t see man only as a disgusting reature, but also someone capable of creation. Remeber, the economy of the whole, think beyond good and evil
[..YouTube..] Bullshit, Schopenhaur is the first modern pessimist, Nietzsche is a life afirming fatalist, he didn’t see man only as a disgusting reature, but also someone capable of creation. Remeber, the economy of the whole, think beyond good and evil
They kind of underemphasized what I see as Nietzsche’s underlying idealism, which is for individuals to reject facades of morality and nihilism itself. They just described the groundwork for his more assertive ideas.
[..YouTube..] They kind of underemphasized what I see as Nietzsche’s underlying idealism, which is for individuals to reject facades of morality and nihilism itself. They just described the groundwork for his more assertive ideas.
nice ending
probably so
double Har, mea culpa for misspelling -_-
moar!
moar!
Hahaha bravo!
Hahaha bravo!
“No you dipshit, I’m talking about a philosopher who’s works revolve around that concept…”
“No you dipshit, I’m talking about a philosopher who’s works revolve around that concept…”
Stop takin’ it so seriously! Have you ever known a movie to be absolutely correct on ANYTHING? ;)
this guy is great!
this guy is great!
I think this might be the most pretentious thing I have ever witnessed
god this pains me
What the hell is this?
1. They are pronouncing the name wrong.
2. There is almost no mountains in Denmark (i am from Norway i know that). The whole frigging nation is flat like Holland.
3. Nietzsche were far away from being pessimistic. 99% of what they are saying is general bullshit and ignorance!
This is pretentious! Like everyone else said this is readings works upside down. And why the hell are this moron calling Søren for nothing? Søren Kierkegaard were an extra-ordinary philosopher.
What the hell is this?
1. They are pronouncing the name wrong.
2. There is almost no mountains in Denmark (i am from Norway i know that). The whole frigging nation is flat like Holland.
3. Nietzsche were far away from being pessimistic. 99% of what they are saying is general bullshit and ignorance!
This is pretentious! Like everyone else said this is readings works upside down. And why the hell are this moron calling Søren for nothing? Søren Kierkegaard were an extra-ordinary philosopher.
Best book by Nietzsche is Beyond good and evil
At Raccoon2006:
1. Irrelevent. Who cares?
2. It was an expression, an hyperbole. It wasn’t suppose to be taken seriously.
3. How was Nietzche not pessimistic? Explain that to me.
You would think that any movie based about someone would learn to pronounce it right.
People like this ruin Nietzsche and everything he represents i would rather people (these two guys) not talk about what he says when they misinterpret, distort, and make this pseudo-intellectual film.
its not pronounced NEE-CHEE
its NEE-CHA…CHA…CHAAA!!!! jesus.
Why does mispronouncing his name really matter?
You people need to lighten up.
Haha. TOH-MAY-TOE, not TOH-MAH-TOE!!! MAY! MAY!
Nietzsche is doing 360s in his grave at approximately 5000 rps at the moment.
There are no mountains in Denmark.
You people kill me. How about you actually read Nietzsche, preferably Human All Too Human, Daybreak, or The Gay Science and find out for yourself how Nietzsche wasn’t pessimistic?
super, mne ochen ponravilos…
zarathustra rules!
Y no video responses allowd?
Well, they’re just acting all over the place.
In Ecce Homo, Nietzsche himself says his philosophy is one of optimism. Existentialism is a ultimately an optimistic philosophy once you’ve gotten over the initial pessimistic barrier of realizing there is no inherent meaning in life. That there is no inherent meaning or morality gives us total freedom to do whatever we desire. That is the optimism of existentialism.
Nietsche ist tot
“Nietzsche is doing 360s in his grave at approximately 5000 rps at the moment.” – true.
Also, they seem to have overlooked Schopenhauer.
What is this? Who are these people? Why are they talking about this and why is the guy in the black suit such an ass? And then why does he kill. Talk about no order or structure, that’s what this movie is. Direction, acting, editing and story are terrible.
bravo trying to understand Nietzsche… all though feeble Nietzsche believed in extreme ascetics which is the most optimistic outlook you can have in life i think, so read a bit more guys and make a new vid with the right interp.
danish sitting in snowy mountains? interesting ;)
lol french men
2 corrections.
a. Nietzsche was an existentialist Avent La letre (before the term existed)
b. NIETZSCHE WAS NOT A PESSIMISTIC EXISTENTIALIST!!! He was an extremely positive existentialist. Yes he though the world lacked structure but he also held that we have the power to mold it, to shape it according to our will. He discusses the abyss in Gay science but in his later works he shouws how the abyss is just the canvass for the overman.
Sorry, but the acting in this is horrible. They’re both rushing their lines and the voiceover is obnoxious.Sorry for being an asshole, good attempt, but poor result.
Sorry, but the acting in this is horrible. They’re both rushing their lines and the voiceover is obnoxious.
Sorry for being an asshole, good attempt, but poor result.
This was entertaing, but your take on Nietzsche is grossly exaggerated, based on a nihilistic approach. A total Leopold and Loeb interpretation. Nietzsche was for total freedom and personal growth. He was optimistic rather than pessimistic. He would want humans to seek out and realize their full potential, if they dared. I equate your short film to Oliver’s Stone’s ‘The Doors’ film. Very entertaining, but greatly exaggerated.