Episode 25: Movies Worth Watching: Sacrifice and Suffering

from A Lost Plot · host Maverick Dickson

In this concept episode, Maverick discusses the idea of suffering and sacrifice, and why modern movies suck at creating compelling forms of suffering. Is the suffering reversible? Is it tied to the story goal? What kind of suffering is compelling? All these questions and more are answered in this brief concept episode.

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