jabykoay

An Interesting Video

Added 2018-06-05 21:39:39 +0000 UTC

I'm always experimenting to see what people enjoy. This isn't a video I made but I wanted to share it. I didn't feel like putting it on Twitter as I wanted a more "intimate" place to share it and it seemed like Patreon might be the perfect spot.

I really dig philosophical discussions, especially about ego, worth and passion. I watched Guy Ritchie's first two films, "Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch," dozens of times as a kid. But then some years later, I saw a film of his called "Revolver" starring Jason Statham and it was abundantly clear to me something in him had changed.

Revolver is a film that posed itself in marketing like Snatch or Lock Stock but the truth is the film is about combatting your ego and the ego of others. Years after that, I watched Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and I could tell that whatever the shift was in Ritchie's personality that inspired Revolver had taken permanent hold.

The interview in the link shows a completely different person from who you'd find in behind the scenes clips and on the DVD commentary track for Snatch. That being said, I was initially apprehensive at the beginning of this video, but decided to keep watching and found myself really appreciating the heady philosophical talk.

Would love to hear your thoughts on it and how it makes you think of your own life.