Nietzsche (2003)
Released: August 2003
Genre: Drama / Psychological
Running Time: Approx. 5 minutes
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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 rejects standards of comparison that are based on objective truth because can be nothing more than a person’s perspective. However, in the place of objective truth/untruth he begs us to use life — affirming/denying as a standard of comparison. If you give him even a half-ass read you can’t help but see what Nietzsche fears most: nihilism. Something which this scene exemplifies… oh the irony!
That was great. All the haters are losers. I get so tired of people that criticize everything on here. What have you all ever done worthwhile?
Ok, on a more serious note: I think the production value in this isn’t all that bad. Perhaps it could be salvaged as a film -about- misinterpratation of Nietzsche?
it’s nietzche! not nietzchee!! he was bloody german, so pronounce his name like you should.
exactly– I don’t think this guy ever read past the ‘god is dead’ passage in the Gay Science.
My guess is he didn’t get past the first 3 seconds of the “Giants of Philsophy” tapes’ “Nietzsche” issue (narrated by Charelton Heston no less)
So the half of us who don’t believe in creationism are half-wits? Arrogant prick.
That was awsome!! I love the interaction between the two of them and the monologue of the philosophy reader on the right. Great stuff!!!
This is too “Hollywood” for my tastes. I demand that your character be more at ease, and try not to stress the point so much.
Nietzsche was a fool to spit on Schopenhauer, his philosophy of saying “yes to life” is one of the most unintelligent doctrines in philosophy ever seen.
You Americans need a slap in the face for your childish behavior that makes the world know how to better themselves because you are their mirror.
Who are “you Americans”? He called all Americans half-wits, when that’s not true of a fairly good percentage of us. This America-bashing bandwagon that mainly Europeans and others including Americans are jumping on is what’s childish.
The majority of Americans are half-wits believe it or not, and the intelligent ones are still brainwashed patriotic sheep even if they hate Bush. A la, Matt Stone and Trey Parker or blurt out stupid crap like “If you don’t like the game, leave the stadium” even if they don’t have the money to leave the country and justified America for it’s warmongering.
I know most Americans are half-wits, but most Europeans I’ve dealt with have been half-wits (in their own way); I would agree that Europeans have done some things Americans should emulate. There are people who would like to improve this country that aren’t “brainwashed patriotic sheep”. I don’t mean to stir up any shit with you personally. I just find these generalizations do more harm than good.
That’s good, but I doubt it’s going to change with the state of the country going into such a deep abyss.
Yes, the power of stupid people in large groups does concern me. Hopefully, the people who know what has to be done can get organized before it’s too late.
To start with, you need to go against people even like the creators of South Park, go against the pop-bubble gum culture and most of all go against the support of extreme capitalist dogma’s and the appalling lack of education and medicare. Of coarse, we here in Australia copy America so much we’ll soon be going down the abyss too. I also blame America for spreading the rediculously hypocritical religion of Christianity to weak people across the world.
[..YouTube..] Ah, poor Nietzsche, so many people misunderstand his philosophy.
[..YouTube..] Stop with the “American” shenanigans. You don’t know me, boy. Actually, I’m quite clever. I run a successful business dealing with moron Australians day after day, most of whom can’t even effectively read the time from a clock, let alone pronounce “Nietzsche” properly. Also, I’d stomp you and eat your silly foppish adolescent heart as a side dish, so die in a fire for me kthxbye
Stop with the “American” shenanigans. You don’t know me, boy. Actually, I’m quite clever. I run a successful business dealing with moron Australians day after day, most of whom can’t even effectively read the time from a clock, let alone pronounce “Nietzsche” properly. Also, I’d stomp you and eat your silly foppish adolescent heart as a side dish, so die in a fire for me kthxbye
[..YouTube..] theist’s perception indeed! Finally someone told the filmmakers precisely what they’ve represented here: a theist’s perception. American pop culture has collapsed and distorted God is Dead through Nine Inch Nails: Reznor’s morbidity, perhaps existentialism, has left a lot of the world believing that N wants to F you like an animal.
theist’s perception indeed! Finally someone told the filmmakers precisely what they’ve represented here: a theist’s perception. American pop culture has collapsed and distorted God is Dead through Nine Inch Nails: Reznor’s morbidity, perhaps existentialism, has left a lot of the world believing that N wants to F you like an animal.
[..YouTube..] Neech-uh or nee-chuh is best for clumsy Western tongues. Eine is pronounced aye-nuh, meiner is pronounced miner. Those e words actually don’t need an R sound.
Neech-uh or nee-chuh is best for clumsy Western tongues. Eine is pronounced aye-nuh, meiner is pronounced miner. Those e words actually don’t need an R sound.
[..YouTube..] hey i agree that they got the jist of hius ideas wrong in my idea and also they kinda misread hobes but also most fo you need to read Deleuze and guattari, then you will learn that we must not just repeat other peoples ideas but use them to form our own or we just commodify
hey i agree that they got the jist of hius ideas wrong in my idea and also they kinda misread hobes but also most fo you need to read Deleuze and guattari, then you will learn that we must not just repeat other peoples ideas but use them to form our own or we just commodify
[..YouTube..] I added the “r” to emphasise the ending, but I am aware that it should be Neechuh
I added the “r” to emphasise the ending, but I am aware that it should be Neechuh
[..YouTube..] my interpretation of the vid: the guy who misinterprets nietzche is refuted on every other point by the other guy - he is being painted as a foolish character; thus the incorrect interpretation at the end is meant to be seen by the viewer as incorrect. but hey, ’s all subjective right? i could be wrong. Nice production as others have said (though i kept waitin for a shot of mr misinterpretation adding a polaroid of the other guy to those behind him, implying he killed all them)
my interpretation of the vid: the guy who misinterprets nietzche is refuted on every other point by the other guy - he is being painted as a foolish character; thus the incorrect interpretation at the end is meant to be seen by the viewer as incorrect. but hey, ’s all subjective right? i could be wrong. Nice production as others have said (though i kept waitin for a shot of mr misinterpretation adding a polaroid of the other guy to those behind him, implying he killed all them)
[..YouTube..] Quite clever, then admit that the world is nothing to us and that we’re better off dead…all of us in fact.
Quite clever, then admit that the world is nothing to us and that we’re better off dead…all of us in fact.
[..YouTube..] Nietzsche was the greatest philosopher ever. If you can’t see that you are truly ignorant and likely prejudice. Do you also think he supported the Nazi ideology? There are a lot of misconceptions about Nietzsche. If you don’t like Nietzsche please don’t say it because you are Christian, or Jewish. Secular people all love him. almost all.
Nietzsche was the greatest philosopher ever. If you can’t see that you are truly ignorant and likely prejudice. Do you also think he supported the Nazi ideology? There are a lot of misconceptions about Nietzsche. If you don’t like Nietzsche please don’t say it because you are Christian, or Jewish. Secular people all love him. almost all.
[..YouTube..] if Nietzsche is the greatest philosopher, and his philosophy points to the lack of meaning in life, then why is philosophy a more worthy pursuit than anything. there is no worth, nothing better than anything else, so to say something is “essential reading” is shite if you subscribe to Nietzsche, which the guy with the tie seems to do. oh and also this is indeed complete pretentious crap. eg. the piano in the background, it makes it seem like a parody of itself. laughable, while interesting.
if Nietzsche is the greatest philosopher, and his philosophy points to the lack of meaning in life, then why is philosophy a more worthy pursuit than anything. there is no worth, nothing better than anything else, so to say something is “essential reading” is shite if you subscribe to Nietzsche, which the guy with the tie seems to do. oh and also this is indeed complete pretentious crap. eg. the piano in the background, it makes it seem like a parody of itself. laughable, while interesting.
[..YouTube..] If all you get from Nietzsche is his philosophy pointing to the lack of meaning in life, you’ve only understood half of his philosophy. His desire was for humans to come to terms with nihilism and overcome it, then create their own values and purposes rather then subscribe to systematic morality.
If all you get from Nietzsche is his philosophy pointing to the lack of meaning in life, you’ve only understood half of his philosophy. His desire was for humans to come to terms with nihilism and overcome it, then create their own values and purposes rather then subscribe to systematic morality.
[..YouTube..] Year… there are so many fools who just don’t want to overcome the old, stupid beliefs, who are to blind to see that they are dead. But when something is dead, something new has to come, something BETTER and more COMPLEX. Nietzsche doesn’t want us to destroy moral, but to find the REAL moral
Year… there are so many fools who just don’t want to overcome the old, stupid beliefs, who are to blind to see that they are dead. But when something is dead, something new has to come, something BETTER and more COMPLEX. Nietzsche doesn’t want us to destroy moral, but to find the REAL moral
[..YouTube..] Well, very nice. Quite a pretentious ending. But nice all the same.
[..YouTube..] Pardon. The French never acknowledged the inherent evil of man??? La Rochefoucauld, Blaise Pascal, Christian thinkers before that. WRONG.90% wrong about Nietzsche too.
Pardon. The French never acknowledged the inherent evil of man??? La Rochefoucauld, Blaise Pascal, Christian thinkers before that. WRONG.90% wrong about Nietzsche too.
[..YouTube..] Nietzsche, a dark lunatic. His philosophy describes the aspect of some humans based on his freaky perception. WHY PEOPLE TAKE THIS AS THE FINAL TRUTH ?”IT’S JUST A BOOK …”
Nietzsche, a dark lunatic. His philosophy describes the aspect of some humans based on his freaky perception. WHY PEOPLE TAKE THIS AS THE FINAL TRUTH ?”IT’S JUST A BOOK …”
[..YouTube..] sometimes the truth is rather “freaky” or unpleasant. the fact you could be living in a doomed society which is about to be taken over by some other natural force is definitely disturbing and will probably lead to those within the society to adopt some form of a illusionary crutch, but it is true nonetheless.
sometimes the truth is rather “freaky” or unpleasant. the fact you could be living in a doomed society which is about to be taken over by some other natural force is definitely disturbing and will probably lead to those within the society to adopt some form of a illusionary crutch, but it is true nonetheless.
[..YouTube..] i think you missed the point. Nietzsche also said that world is beautiful, as long as man is able to create his charachter, understanding your strenghts and weaknesses. “man is not f.cked up. “
i think you missed the point. Nietzsche also said that world is beautiful, as long as man is able to create his charachter, understanding your strenghts and weaknesses. “man is not f.cked up. “
Excellent, though a slightly skewed synopsis of Nietzsche’s views.heh, I would’ve appreciated a “THus Spake Zarathustra” quote for good measure. perhaps”What good is my happiness? It is poverty and pollution and wretched self-complacency!”Excellent work overall though.
[..YouTube..] Excellent, though a slightly skewed synopsis of Nietzsche’s views.heh, I would’ve appreciated a “THus Spake Zarathustra” quote for good measure. perhaps”What good is my happiness? It is poverty and pollution and wretched self-complacency!”Excellent work overall though.
[..YouTube..] ‘Pretentiousness at its worst.’ You said it. The guy who wrote this ‘film’ obviously feels the need to prove how much he’s read. And the acting is terrible.
[..YouTube..] 1: There are no mountains in Denmark…2: “Sartre lived nearly 100 years after Nietzsche’s death”? - Sartre:(1905-80), - Nietzsche: (1844-1900…3: Kierkegaard has been misunderstood fundamentally…4: Nietzsche is served in the fastfood version (:easy to digest - hard to swallow)…
[..YouTube..] …You completely misunderstand Nietzsche, in every possible manner. Nietzsche attacked modern morality as the sole cause of spiritual and intellectual decadance. Have you even read his writings, or did you just skim through some SparkNotes, and draw your conclusions from that source? Also, the quote ‘God is dead’ does not imply the absence of God, but modern Christianity destroying God’s supposed essence.
[..YouTube..] Nietzsche thought that we should breed the overman like Hitler. Checkout vanguard news network and western voices world news. And yes Walter Kaufmann is a sorry pice of shit kike.
[..YouTube..] Nietzsche’s appropriation of Heraclitus’ aphoristic style contributed to a very fast food/sound byte writing style. Philosophical musings are conveyed in short, often undefended statements. This is why slightly intelligent post-MTV culture young adults find Nietzsche so appealing.
[..YouTube..] In some books, the aphorism approach was definitely there…The Gay Science being the big one, but it was hardly a universal with Nietzsche. Not to mention that appropriation of a philosophy by “the herd” of sorts doesn’t negate the value of that philosophy one bit. The fact the Nietzsche was undeniably among the most major influences in such greats as Heidegger, Hesse, Sartre, Derrida and many others far from the “post MTV culture” would run contrary to what you’re saying.
[..YouTube..] That’s not true at all, I have the book you’re talking about and you’ve completely and outrightly misquoted him when he’s making interpretations on the work and your making the implication we should take his interpretation with the same level of objectivity as his translations. Besides, I rarely read his footnotes so, if he’s a good translator and the problems lie in the footnotes, then there’s no problem is there?
[..YouTube..] I never said Nietzsche’s style was universally aphoristic nor did I say his philosophy was negated by his popularity amongst the herd. My original post intended to demonstrate why Nietzsche was popular amongst the herd.
[..YouTube..] It’s lame that you pronounce Nietzsche’s name incorrectly throughout this entire video. The Gay Science is not his seminal work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is. He’s not a pessimist, his project is to transcend nihilism.
[..YouTube..] Sartre was born five years after Nietzsche died…I hardly think that qualifies him as “living almost 100 years later”.
[..YouTube..] Such a sad ending (sob) I was really hoping the two of them would get togetther in the end. It is all so absurd…So I give this film, two thumbs down :( Friedrich Nietzsche.
[..YouTube..] The whole video is a failed gesture. No depth analisis in any point of the conversation.
[..YouTube..] I specially loved the part about “danish sitting around they’re snowy ass montains(…)”. If this guy knows just as much about Nietzsche as he knows about geography I think I try another source on this topic.
Re-read N’s “Happy Science”. This work, next to Zarathustra, is by far my favorite Nietzsche. In it he is taking some leaps away from (toward? - what is madness?) madness, and complete steps entirely away from the gods of Epicurus. Read especially Kaufman’s trans. of the aphorism “Personal Providence” in book IV #???; this is N at his most beautiful and most loveable. It changes everything about a very maleable writer. I wish I had a gun to end some of my lack lustre philosophical debates of the past; handy trick there.
[..YouTube..] He still viewed man as inherently fucked up!! Yeah! Thanks for the vid!
[..YouTube..] This is beyond retarded…Like these Abercrombie faggot’s would EVERRRR read Nietzsche! Terrible everything, served NO purpose what so ever.(..and its pronounced knee-che’ not knee-chii)
[..YouTube..] Wow, this is really terrible.Highest point in Denmark: Møllehøj 171 mSo much for mountains. How the Hell did this crappy thing get an IMDb listing? If this is a student film, the bad acting and character interaction is forgivable, but the desperate attempt to sound intelligent is not.
[..YouTube..] And another thing about Danes in snowy ass mountains: Nietzsche himself loved mountains.
[..YouTube..] Pretentious as shit, they make it seem as if philosophical thought has not developed beyond Nietzsche…
Moreover, the reason people find his “teachings” completely absurd is because moral standards are ingrained in our brains from youth until it dominates our consciousness. But luckily, nothing can alter man’s unconscious will, which is what Nietzsche became so enthralled with. Which is why it’s not really necessary to read his works, because they just reflect you in your true form.
[..YouTube..] They make an interesting summary of Nietzsche’s work but I don’t think it reflects the exact perception Nietzsche had about his own work. For one, I wouldn’t consider him pessimistic about man’s outlook, if anything, he acknowledged that life would continue “evolving” to become stronger and stronger, perpetually overcoming the limitations of their environment.
[..YouTube..] Moreover, the reason people find his “teachings” completely absurd is because moral standards are ingrained in our brains from youth until it dominates our consciousness. But luckily, nothing can alter man’s unconscious will, which is what Nietzsche became so enthralled with. Which is why it’s not really necessary to read his works, because they just reflect you in your true form.
The Earth shall be inherited by the shopkeepers. They crucify the future and even all humanity to themselves.
[..YouTube..] The Earth shall be inherited by the shopkeepers. They crucify the future and even all humanity to themselves.
Yes that is what I talk about when drinking. That is getting more beer!
[..YouTube..] Yes that is what I talk about when drinking. That is getting more beer!
Good video, but i don’t think there such things as essential readings when it comes to philosophy; interesting as Hobbes is. By the way, why do Americans always call him “Nee-chee”?
[..YouTube..] Good video, but i don’t think there such things as essential readings when it comes to philosophy; interesting as Hobbes is. By the way, why do Americans always call him “Nee-chee”?
Nietzsche wasn’t an ‘existentialist’, if your going to talk out of your ass, at least get your facts straight. O, and dip-shits, he wasn’t a ‘pessimist’ either. If you at least read a smidgen of his philosophy you would know that his works very optimistic and an antithesis to the pessimist philosopher Schopenhauer who he found fault with.In short, Columbine kids should never read works that require some intellect to decipher.
[..YouTube..] Nietzsche wasn’t an ‘existentialist’, if your going to talk out of your ass, at least get your facts straight. O, and dip-shits, he wasn’t a ‘pessimist’ either. If you at least read a smidgen of his philosophy you would know that his works very optimistic and an antithesis to the pessimist philosopher Schopenhauer who he found fault with.In short, Columbine kids should never read works that require some intellect to decipher.
That was so far off the mark. . . . Talk about skimming the surface. . . .
[..YouTube..] That was so far off the mark. . . . Talk about skimming the surface. . . .
[..YouTube..] hahahaha good vid !! good music !! end great ending !! GOTT IST TOTT
basically, most of what you have said about this touurmented man Nietzche is wrong. he believed that man could overcome nihilism (and religion is also nihilistic according to him) So come on! don’t blatently twist what he was saying
[..YouTube..] basically, most of what you have said about this touurmented man Nietzche is wrong. he believed that man could overcome nihilism (and religion is also nihilistic according to him) So come on! don’t blatently twist what he was saying
Thank you. Great video. Keep thinking. Keep “shooting” (film/video). Congrats. Really enjoyed it.
[..YouTube..] Thank you. Great video. Keep thinking. Keep “shooting” (film/video). Congrats. Really enjoyed it.
you guys fuckin suck. you know nothing about nietzsche. if you listen closely while you watch this video you can hear nietzsche turning in his grave in the background. dicks.
You moron, not modern Christianity. All christianity. And early christianity was most harmfull of all its existence, according to Nietzsche.
[..YouTube..] you guys fuckin suck. you know nothing about nietzsche. if you listen closely while you watch this video you can hear nietzsche turning in his grave in the background. dicks.
[..YouTube..] You moron, not modern Christianity. All christianity. And early christianity was most harmfull of all its existence, according to Nietzsche.
The country is flat with little elevation; having an average height above sea level of only 31 metres (102 ft) and the highest natural point is Møllehøj, at 170.86 metres (560.56 ft).
[..YouTube..] The country is flat with little elevation; having an average height above sea level of only 31 metres (102 ft) and the highest natural point is Møllehøj, at 170.86 metres (560.56 ft).
hipstersprac-bullshit. You tools will probably be very successful in grad school. More ‘power’ to you.
[..YouTube..] hipstersprac-bullshit. You tools will probably be very successful in grad school. More ‘power’ to you.
me lo pueden traducir a castellano y mandarme el dialogo x email? se los agradezco muchisimooo!!
[..YouTube..] me lo pueden traducir a castellano y mandarme el dialogo x email? se los agradezco muchisimooo!!
Everything you said is bullshit. Looks like you need help with your reading comprehension.
[..YouTube..] Everything you said is bullshit. Looks like you need help with your reading comprehension.
Hails Cool Vid But Brainiacs Still Die And Feel Pain And You Will Never Never Find A Cure For Death
[..YouTube..] Hails Cool Vid But Brainiacs Still Die And Feel Pain And You Will Never Never Find A Cure For Death
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
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.
“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? ;)
Stop takin’ it so seriously! Have you ever known a movie to be absolutely correct on ANYTHING? ;)
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.