Yes! I didn't think of it but there could be a Camusian thing going on there? But would Marty have to be aware of the absurdity of it all? I don't know, and I'm not sure that he is if, indeed, he needs to be. He definitely lives his life like, fuck it, I don't care about anything other than my passion and fuck everything else (and everyone, it seems), but I don't know if that is, like, full-on Camus or just a factor in the films overriding meaning?
Idk I think Marty did see the absurdity of it, but it was largely ego driven. So you're right, a minor absurd hero. Then again I don't see the absurd hero as an absolute hero.
I'm definitely an absurdist, but reconciling the existence of others is a problem that has to be solved. Beauvoir does the best at it but it's not totally solved.
Not exactly the Absurd Hero. Camus maybe but not Beauvoir’s.
Yes! I didn't think of it but there could be a Camusian thing going on there? But would Marty have to be aware of the absurdity of it all? I don't know, and I'm not sure that he is if, indeed, he needs to be. He definitely lives his life like, fuck it, I don't care about anything other than my passion and fuck everything else (and everyone, it seems), but I don't know if that is, like, full-on Camus or just a factor in the films overriding meaning?
Idk I think Marty did see the absurdity of it, but it was largely ego driven. So you're right, a minor absurd hero. Then again I don't see the absurd hero as an absolute hero.
No, me neither. I do like Camus as a fiction writer but can't get fully on board with the absurd hero thing in his philosophy.
I'm definitely an absurdist, but reconciling the existence of others is a problem that has to be solved. Beauvoir does the best at it but it's not totally solved.
I've only read about Beauvoir but not her actual work. She's on my reading list though, can't not read her considering her importance.
Ethics of ambiguity on this issue