when nietzsche wept


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At the risk of sounding trite, the book (by Irvin Yalom) was FAR better:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062009303/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

There are surely challenges in bringing a book full of intellectual dialogue to the screen (we're talking therapy sessions between a shrink and his patient) and this film shows it. The film is very light and schmaltzy.

If you are a man who has ever suffered from a deep and obsessive love affair, the book is a must read.

The author's understanding of Nietzsche's thought is only fair to middling though. But good enough to make the story enjoyable for the philosophically minded.

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Serapis made me watch this movie. I hated it. All I remember off-hand is that the woman playing Lou Salome had a fake sounding accent.

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Serapis made me watch this movie. I hated it. All I remember off-hand is that the woman playing Lou Salome had a fake sounding accent.

Ah! You are a victim!

Do you feel depressed yet or is it pure anger?

--Brant

the Devil made me do it!

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6.1 on imdb.com means the movie is essentially trash. I'm not a snob about many things, but I am a movie snob, and I won't watch anything below 6.7.

Not a fan of the Atlas Shrugged movie, I take it? (5.5)

It's going to be fun watching you guys duke it out.

--Brant

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Serapis made me watch this movie. I hated it. All I remember off-hand is that the woman playing Lou Salome had a fake sounding accent.

Ah! You are a victim!

Do you feel depressed yet or is it pure anger?

--Brant

the Devil made me do it!

I don't think you realize what it's like when Serapis has a movie he thinks you simply must watch:

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