“The Basics of Philosophy”, interview with director Paul Schrader

Podcast: FRED Film Radio - English Channel · FRED Film Radio - English Channel

Opublikowano: 2026-09-14

Presented in Venice Open – Out of Competition during the Venice Film Festival 2026, The Basics of Philosophy follows John Jorissen, a philosophy professor in the American Midwest working on a book about Spinoza, whose quiet life with his partner Becca and her son Willie is upended when the sudden reappearance of a young man, Miguel Basque, at his estranged father’s funeral forces him to confront a past incident he has never accounted for. Wracked with guilt and doubting that Spinoza’s God will ever pardon him, Jorissen buys a lethal dose of euthanasia powder even as he asks B...