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First Man – A Sobering Look at Human Greatness (Patreon)

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2019-01-30 17:42:19
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 Examining Damien Chazelle’s First Man and its sobering look at human greatness. 

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First Man – A Sobering Look at Human Greatness

Start your 30 DAY FREE TRIAL now at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold With the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union. Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Or Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO A video essay examining Damien Chazelle’s First Man and its sobering look at human greatness. Like Stories of Old - Complete Reading List: https://kit.com/likestoriesofold/reading-list Business inquiries: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Ryan Taubert – Fable Ryan Taubert – Honor (reprise) Jo Blankenburg – Catharsis Luke Atencio – Eggshell Ryan Taubert – Honor Music licensed from Musicbed, start your own membership today at: http://share.mscbd.fm/likestoriesofold

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Lightbath

Great timing. I literally watched First Man for the first time last night. Thanks for making LSOO!

TLS

Beautifully done! I would only add that an argument can be made that this film does provide more than an examination of individual and collective achievement and their attendant costs. I believe that, without explicitly talking about the "overview effect," we are given an opportunity to experience it through the cinematography of First Man, the emotional responses of Ryan Gosling portraying a man who has difficulty putting his feelings in words, and a comment he makes when he's in front of that investigative panel (a scene which you partially depicted in your video essay). In addition to explaining that space exploration gives us an opportunity to see "new things," Gosling also says something about how being beyond the Earth gives us the perspective to understand what's truly important. And that, it seems to me, IS a key to the evolution of our species: Understanding that we are often engaged in petty squabbles while ignoring the very real threats we pose to our ecosystem (and therefore ourselves). In other words: When we put the "tiny blue dot" (Carl Sagan's term for our planet) of Earth in perspective, it can be a transcendent experience that brings humanity together in a way that furthers our evolution as a species. At least that's something that occurred to me while I watched "First Man." :-)

Like Stories of Old
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Definitely! I originally wrote a bit about how photos taken during the Apollo project were an important inspiration for the modern environmental movement but cut it out because I was getting to off-topic. Will talk about it more in the annotated video!

Simon Blake-Smy

As usual you hit the proverbial nail on the head. Films like this make me wonder just what we could achieve as a species if only we could work together as one. Thanks again.

Good Reason

The following interview put us in mind of LSOO. In speaking of his brother Tom's perfectionism and their creative collaboration, Dick Smothers may corroborate some sense of the human condition shared by First Man. <a href="https://youtu.be/-hKqe_l6xAw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/-hKqe_l6xAw</a>