Nietzsche (2003)
Released: August 2003
Genre: Drama / Psychological
Running Time: Approx. 5 minutes
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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
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nietzsche is an optimistic philosopher not pessimistic. in his books he repeatedly mentions laughter dancing and joy. its only those who have a very romantic image of the world who find him pessimistic
Yeah your right, I just had to hit the reply button. Yeah Nietzsche was not a pessimist. He had hopes for mankind. He believed that only with, might we say, ‘true-grit’, could see the world as it really is, the void, and still laugh with it.
A-men brother! If anything, Nietzsche had more faith and love for humanity than any so-called religious man. Nietzsche saw the world, life, as it really is, and still loved it. Those who say the world is empty and joyless without god never truly loved it to begin with. Aside from that, I like this short movie alot. Good script, simple shots, and a decisive ending, although not an ending I think accurately represented what Nietzsche was laying down. But I still dig it.
and I wonder how he feels about that. Must feel pretty stupid.
“so i suppose you dont know the true moral of Nietzsche?”
So i suppose you dont know the true pronunciation of Nietzsche?:P