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Published Dec 16, 2024

"Denis Villeneuve"

Denis Villeneuve joins the hosts of SmartLess to reflect on health, mortality, and emotional connections, while sharing his unique approach to adapting literary works and the role of creative failure in filmmaking, along with insights into his collaborative process and the importance of sound and music in film.

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What can death teach us about love in the episode How to Find Your Purpose and Master Essentialism — Greg McKeown and the clip Depth of Love?
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How did those movies influence him?
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What are some philosophical perspectives on mortality in the context of the episode Ben Goertzel: Artificial General Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #103 and the clip Life, Death, Meaning?
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Which dialogue earlier in the story best expresses the same feeling as Roger Button's disappointment with Fletcher in paragraph 71? “It was only when I got to fifteen or so that I looked back on it all and saw through you. Then I was very angry, of course. Even now, I still think about it sometimes. I look back and think, Well, he was just a thoroughly nasty so-and-so.” Responses: 1. “You walked straight past me earlier,” she said, “even though I called to you.” (paragraph 5) 2. “I idolized you, and everything you said seemed like an answer. Now here you are, back again. I’ve wanted to tell you for many years that you ruined my life.” (paragraph 38) 3. “But these days the odd one passing through from time to time, looking all decrepit and burned out like that—if anything, it goes to demystify all that talk about the old days.” (paragraph 48) 4. “You see,” the old man said to the others. “I knew it would be this way. We ought to stop him, but what can we do?” (paragraph 51) Which one best expresses the same feeling?
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What are some philosophical perspectives on mortality as discussed in the episode Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion & the Nature of Belief | Lex Fridman Podcast #149 and the clip Death and Life?
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