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Being 97

  • 2018
  • 18m
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8.6/10
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Being 97 (2018)
DocumentaryShort

A 97 years old philosopher who is haunted by death and mortality due to his age and started to appreciate more about life.A 97 years old philosopher who is haunted by death and mortality due to his age and started to appreciate more about life.A 97 years old philosopher who is haunted by death and mortality due to his age and started to appreciate more about life.

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    • Andrew Hasse
  • Star
    • Herbert Fingarette
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.6/10
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    • Director
      • Andrew Hasse
    • Star
      • Herbert Fingarette
    • 3User reviews
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    9riveravaldez

    Necessary

    Such a necessary work. Both for the subject and for the way it was done. Also, the subject was treated in a realistic and intelligent fashion, not only because of the style of the filming/directing, but because of the nature/characteristics of the protagonist. Really necessary, in a world full of noise, nonsense, and utter distraction. It's a short. Take a view. Life also is extremely short.
    10mhampgard

    wow.

    I think i cried 3 times to this. I watched this in mid 2023 when i had an assignment for school and was scrolling through youtube videos about philosophy. I agree with some of the stuff he says. He has a kind of nihilistic view on death that i think he got after his wife died. I would never want to deal with the pain with losing a loved one. When i get married with my current girlfriend(if i do but i believe i will) i would want to die before her, but thats kinda egoistic. It's for my own good but im meaning it in an egoistic way. I also don't want my girlfriend to deal with the pain. He also talked about the meaning if life. That is a question that i also think alot about. Religions try to answer this question but im not finding any religion to agree with. Spiritsm is comforting and scary at the same time because if it was real then i don't think everyone would become a ghost. If everyone ever who lived on this planet as a homosapiens ever was a ghost there would be so many. And you only hear these ghost stories about an alcoholic father who hung his 2 children in the backyard, not about an upper middle class man who works in an office 15 minutes away and died of bone cancer at 55. Idk man. This prob made no sense but yapping is unmatched. 10/10 watch it.
    9ywxqntsk

    very necessary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX6NztnPU-4

    I agree with the top review. As a young person who is kind of getting into philosophical related topics, watching this really opened up my mind about how short life is and how we should live life with no regrets. Appreciate every little thing/person in life! It's never ever too late!! XD (probs kinda cringe but y'all should take a step back, breathe and appreciate life)

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      • February 21, 2018 (United States)
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