The Stories We Tell

Ryan Hodes
The Stories We Tell

On this podcast, I will dive into some of my favorite books and films, explore the reasons why they resonate with me, and what they can teach us all about a better way to live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 2024/10/16

    Little Miss Sunshine | Accepting The Absurd

    'Little Miss Sunshine' teaches us to accept our absurd existence, and in this acceptance, we can find joy. In this video, I bring in concepts from Albert Camus, Friedrich Nietszche, and Marcel Proust to illustrate that the suffering we feel should not be resisted, but accepted, a powerful concept to anyone who’s gone through a dark time in their life. My other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-cp9Mw810 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Us5_-iiEbE https://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=HzYPZEPW99Kx268K https://youtu.be/rRPkaVtx1_o?si=g9lWy-jbyWHT1l25 Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/ Email: remarkablebooksandfilm@gmail.com Podcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/podcast Buy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/buy-books 0:00 - Sisyphus 1:20 - The Power of Acceptance 3:40 - Channel Intro 4:22 - Dwayne; or Do What You Love & F**k the Rest 9:14 - Frank; or Forgive Yourself 11:42 - Richard; or It's Okay to Lose 14:47 - Sheryl; or Accept What You Cannot Control 16:31 - Olive; or Embrace Yourself 19:18 - Accepting the Absurd Sources 'The Myth of Sisyphus' by Albert Camus 'The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietszche 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' by Friedrich Nietszche 'In Search of Lost Time' by Marcel Proust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4pDUxth5fQ #philosophy #camus #nietzsche #videoessay #proust #filmreview #acceptance #mentalhealth #sisyphus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    24 分鐘
  2. 2024/10/09

    Crime & Punishment pt. 2 | Strength in the Face of Patriarchy

    In part 2 of my 'Crime & Punishment' analysis, we will take a look at Dunya, and how she shows strength in the face of patriarchal dominance and ideals #crimeandpunishment #feminism #Dostoevsky #philosophy #classics #literature #russianclassics #videoessay #patriarchy My other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzqZOPxcIfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Us5_-iiEbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-cp9Mw810 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKBdxYqavCw https://youtu.be/DdCxER5hoLc?si=iOIlR2e3EFcUvfds https://youtu.be/rRPkaVtx1_o?si=g9lWy-jbyWHT1l25 Website: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestorieswetell303/ Email: remarkablebooksandfilm@gmail.com Podcast: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/podcast Buy used books from me if you live in Denver: https://remarkablebooksandfilm.com/buy-books Sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbweDNPP_Ak&t=1s ‘Sonya, Silent no More: A response to the woman question in Crime and Punishment’ by Elizabeth Blake https://youtu.be/F1KKNKHJsuY?si=9IGHRsfxIeAAk7gM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOpf6KcWYyw Dostoevsky and Women by M. https://dostoevsky-bts.com/blog/dostoyevsky-and-women/ Dostoevsky on Feminism by Thinking Housewife https://www.thinkinghousewife.com/2013/08/dostoevsky-on-feminism/ Svidrigailov and the "Performing Self" by R.E. Richardson Art used: Raskolnikov, Dünya, and Svidrigailov: https://carcinogenical.tumblr.com/ Sonya: https://medium.com/@premiumeth/femininity-in-fyodor-dostoevskys-crime-and-punishment-7970cb924de1 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:14 - Svidrigailov: Patriarchy as a Weapon 16:58 - Luzhin's Miscalculated Risks 25:10 - Dunya, Sonya & Feminism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 分鐘
  3. 2024/08/22

    Propaganda, Hollywood & Ideology | The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

    FULL VIDEO ESSAY ON YOUTUBE! The greatest art makes you question. Question who you are, what you believe. Question the assumptions you make about the world around you. Question the fabric of reality, the nature of being. Question free will or fate. Question systemic influences of behavior, or intrinsic human desires. It does not answer, because in answers we find a more shallow understanding of ourselves and of the world’s complexity. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen is one of these great pieces of art. Its questions are not concerned with your preexisting notions of the Vietnam War, nor will it dichotomize the opposing sides into good and bad, right and wrong. The complexities of the War are not simplified, and our American-centric perspective is challenged at every turn. If you read closely and mindfully, you may finish the book having examined the very nature of your way of thinking, our collective desire to neatly place thought into ideological boxes that give us an easy position on any issue. #vietnamwar #books #booktube #ideology #videoessay #zizek #slavojzizek #capitalism #philosophy #vietnam #literature #thesympathizer #propoganda #hollywood #communism #consumerism #vietnamesebooks 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - A Man of Two Faces 7:50 - Asian-American Rage 14:44 - Independence and Freedom 21:31 - Question Everything 32:45 - Conclusion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    36 分鐘
  4. 2024/04/09

    The Transcendent Power of Art in ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

    Director Céline Sciamma decided upon two key omissions early in production of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). First, that there would be few smiles from the all-female cast in what became the first 70 minutes of runtime. Second, that there would be no music, save two scenes where it crystallizes with the power and emotion of a thunderstorm. “…you will have to find the musicality of the film elsewhere,” Sciamma said in an interview with IndieWire. “In the rhythm of the scenes, in the bodies of the actors.” The film follows Marianne, a french painter commisioned to secretly make a portrait of Héloïse, the daughter of an aristocrat who resides in a castle on the island where the film takes place. The painting must be created secretly because Héloïse refused to pose for the previous painter in protest of her upcoming arranged marriage. She is quite literally trapped, her anger an everpresent flame beneath a steely expression. Over the course of the film, desire between Marianne and Héloïse swells like the tumultuous ocean which they gaze upon while stealing longing glances at each other, until the swells coalesce into a grand wave of passionate hunger, a necessity for each other’s touch. Portrait portrays the yearning and desperate lust of an early relationship better than any film I’ve seen, all upon the tragic backdrop of the lovers’ knowledge that what they’ve captured cannot last. For Héloïse is betrothed to another, a Milanese aristocrat who she barely knows. The lack of music in most of Portrait is jarring, and requires magnificent performances from the actors who play Héloïse (Adèle Haenel) and Marianne (Noémie Merlant) to provide rhythm to the love that we experience through them. Sciamma pulls off her unconventional approach, which she describes as purposeful, “to put the viewer in the same physical condition and frustration” as the forbidden lovers. Sciamma meticulously establishes the two characters, draws out their building desire through furtive glances and suppressed smiles. Indeed, we don’t see them kiss until nearly 80 minutes into the film. That’s not to say there is no intimacy, but rather points to the mastery of the craft that Sciamma exhibits in showing such intimacy outside of traditional means. The tender framing, the lush sound design, the warm cinematography, the careful dialogue. All of it adds to a tension which grows so tight that by the time they finally embrace and commit to their love, emotion pours out like a gushing river in which the viewer cannot help but be swept away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    13 分鐘

簡介

On this podcast, I will dive into some of my favorite books and films, explore the reasons why they resonate with me, and what they can teach us all about a better way to live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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