The Philosophy of Love in The Lobster & Being John Malkovich | Video Essay

Surrealism and absurdism in romance. What could go wrong? I analyze the lovers in Being John Malkovich and The Lobster in my first-ever hour-long video essay. Sorry! Take a shot every time I introduce another philosopher. In the extended cut of this, I talk about Simone de Beauvoir and Benjamin Péret, so pour one out for them too.

6:17 Surreal Love - Being John Malkovich
28:23 Absurd Love - The Lobster
52:49 The Animal of it All - Conclusion

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Brody, Richard. The Petty Laments of Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Lobster.” The New Yorker. 2016. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/ric...


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