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The big Metamodernism video is finally here! I've been fascinated by the idea of Metamodernism ever since I first encountered it a few years ago. I think it's a great way to identify and describe some of the changes that are happening in film and TV these days, and how they reflect shifts in broader cultural feelings.

“...metamodernism shall be defined as the mercurial condition between and beyond irony and sincerity, naivety and knowingness, relativism and truth, optimism and doubt, in pursuit of a plurality of disparate and elusive horizons. We must go forth and oscillate!”

-The Metamodernist Manifesto [1]

This video is meant to be a solid introduction to what Metamodernism is, and an attempt at an argument that we've entered a "Metamodern Era" of filmmaking. It's my biggest undertaking since my video about Bo Burnham's Inside (Ironically a very metamodern work), and I hope you all enjoy the video. 

Stay Well!
-TF

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Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now?

Get a whole month of great cinema FREE with MUBI: https://mubi.com/thomasflight Special thank you to Greg Dember, co-author of https://whatismetamodern.com for chatting with me for this video. Watch more on their YouTube Channel: @WhatIsMetamodern In this video I dive into what Metamodernism is and what it looks like in film, and chart how the movies have evolved since their modernist origins. // Sources [CC] To see which films I'm referencing, turn on "English (United States)" under captions. [1] Misunderstandings and clarifications | Notes on Metamodernism by Timotheus Vermeulen & Robin van den Akker: https://www.metamodernism.com/2015/06/03/misunderstandings-and-clarifications/ [2] - The Metamodernist Manifesto http://www.metamodernism.org/ [3] Metamodernism: Oscillation Revisited https://medium.com/what-is-metamodern/metamodernism-oscillation-revisited-b1ae011abf3c [4] How 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is a love letter to moms...and the internet https://mashable.com/article/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-daniels-interview-moms // Further Reading: Notes on Metamodernism: https://www.metamodernism.com/ What is Metamodern: https://whatismetamodern.com // WATCH MORE THOMAS FLIGHT -Ad-Free Videos and Exclusive Content on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight -My Podcast Cinema of Meaning: Ad-Free and early on Nebula: Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831 -Rent or Buy My Experimental Documentary: https://labyrinthion.com -Read My Newsletter: https://thomasflight.substack.com/ // SUPPORT MY WORK -Support my channel directly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thomasflight Patrons get access to a discord community, monthly podcast reviews of everything I watch, and more! -Sign up for Nebula using my Link: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight (using my link helps support my channel financially) // FOLLOW ME -Twitter: https://twitter.com/thomasflight -Website: http://www.thomasflight.com -Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/thomasflight/ -TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thomas.flight // CONTACT ME -sponsorship and Business inquiries: thomasflight@standard.tv -Questions, feedback, other stuff: contact@thomasflight.com (check out my FAQ as well: https://www.thomasflight.com/faq) // GEAR I USE: https://thomasflight.com/gear // Chapters: 00:00 "They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore" 01:00 What Do They Make Them Like Now? 04:46 The Metamodern Era 05:56 Modernism 12:40 Postmodernism 19:22 Metamodernism 27:44 Why Metamodernism? // Films Referenced: Aftersun (2022) Apocalypse Now (1979) Avengers Endgame (2019) As I was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) Badlands (1973) Barton Fink (1991) Blade Runner The Final Cut (1982) Blue Velvet (1986) Babylon (2022) Bo Burnham Inside (2021) Bones and All (2022) Chronicle of a Summer (1961) Eight and a Half (1963) Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) F For Fake (1973) Fargo (1996) Glass Onion (2022) High Noon (1952) Joker (2019) Man with a Movie Camera (1929) Meeting the Man James Baldwin in Paris (1970) Mirror (1975) Modern Times (1936) Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) No Country For Old Men (2007) Nope (2022) Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (2019) Pearl (2021) Pig (2021) Persona (1966) Psycho (1960) Pulp Fiction (1994) Rushmore (1998) San Soleil (1983) Symbiopsychotaxiplasm - Take One (1968) Synecdoche New York (2008) The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) The Fabelmans (2022) The French Dispatch (2021) The Long Goodbye (1973) The Martian (2015) The Matrix 4 Resurrections (2022) The Menu (2022) The Souvenir (2019) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Top Gun Maverick (2022) Taxi Driver (1976) White Noise (2022) #ThomasFlight #VideoEssay #Metamodernism

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