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In this episode, Andrew and Frank discuss the thematic threads running through Chronicle. Why does Matt keep quoting philosophers like Schopenhauer and Plato? Is the choice to make it a found-footage film an appropriate one? What is Josh Trank trying to say about the nature of art? All this and more.\n\nSHOW NOTES:\n\n0:22 - Intro and clip\n2:43 - Becoming your parents\n6:09 - Schopenhauer and the concept of will\n10:55 - The camera as social buffer, art as inherently selfish\n22:22 - Plato\u2019s allegory of the cave\n24:24 - Film as unfulfilled desire\n27:15 - A political message?\n31:20 - The handling of high school stereotypes, cinematography\n35:00 - The nosebleeds\n40:00 - Show close\n\nDON'T FORGET: You can contact the show by emailing cinemafix@filmgeekradio.com. Thanks for listening!