A return to the wonderful and bizarre year of culture that was 1999. In this episode we are joined by my friend Danica Weager as a guest for our considerations on American Beauty: The greatest movie about nothing. We contemplate the slow sliding into personal hell that is unconscious living, finding meaning in life while still caring for others, vital masculinity, perfectionism/achievement, becoming what you pursue, the scourge of solipsism, worshipping others, the cult of self-help, and the deeper world of beauty behind the world.
Correction: Mena Suvari was born in 1979, not 1980.
Additional Spoilers:
Prisoner of Azkaban 34:10
Breaking Bad 37:25
Fight Club 38:06
The Hurt Locker 39:45
