Mackenzie McMaster

Philosophy in Film

Society EN ↓ 3 episodes

Dive into the ideas of existentialism as shown in media! After analyzing two films and two pieces of philosophical literature, the four are compared and explained in the episodes. The movies and texts analyzed prior to recording are mentioned below them!

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Mackenzie McMaster

Episodes

Importance of Freedom in Life 10.12.2025 9:17

Text: "The Grand Inquisitor" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" by Fyodor Dostoevsky Film: "The Seventh Seal" directed by Ingmar Bergman, "Tree of Life" directed by Terrence Malick Description: Within this episode, we explore the ideas of existentialism covered in the works listed above. The most prominent connection between them is finding the meaning of life. In the Tree of Li...

Masks and Puppets 08.12.2025 12:37

Texts : "The Ethics of Ambiguity" by Simone De Beauvoir, "Beyond Good and Evil" by Nietzsche (Part 1 On the prejudices of philosophers) Films : "No Country for Old Men" directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, "Being John Malkovich" directed by Spike Jonze Description : Within this episode, we explore ideas of existentialism described by Simone De Beauvoir and Nietzsche as represented in the films listed...

Representation of Living in Bad Faith Through the Absurd 08.12.2025 10:54

Texts : "Existentialism is a Humanism" by Jean-Paul Sarte, "The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camu Films : "Ikiru" directed by Akira Kurosawa, "Groundhog Day" directed by Harold Ramis Description: Within this episode, we explore a basic overview of existentialism and apply aspects developed by Sartre and Camu to the film Groundhog Day. Sartre states that existence precedes essence. In Groundhog Day,...