David Fincher's The Game (1997) is a twisty tale where Michael Douglas finds himself in "the game." What is and what isn't part of this game? What will happen to him by the end of the game? A movie Jason believes has a lot of ideas to think about.

We go over many different ideas and topics, and sort of stray away from the plot, but delve into real-world problems. We ask if excessive wealth ruins a person, look at the film with a Marxist lens, ask what is necessary for survival, living in the moment, de-othering people, and ask "how much of our world view needs to overlap other people's world view in order for us to be considered 'sane.'"

And more! We have a really good conversation in this episode.

We feel this is an underappreciated Fincher film (maybe it could use a better name). What are your thoughts?

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