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It's a fascinating philosophy, & one of my favorite movies. He 'breaks out' of his prison only when he begins to live for other things than his own immediate pleasure or satisfaction; when he (ironically perhaps?) begins to live as if there actually IS no tomorrow. By giving himself to today (even if 'today' repeats itself a trillion times), he betters himself by living beyond himself; by embracing the perpetual 'now' he finds the key to unlocking the future. If nothing around you changes, you can still change yourself. A wonderful, deceptively 'simple' movie. On the DVD, Harold Ramis says that after the movie's release, he began to get letters praising it - from all over the world; people from many different backgrounds, philosophies & religions wrote, saying that this was a central idea to them - that it was, in a fundamental way, how they saw the universe. Fascinating! Finally, in addition to Phil sharing his name with the famous hedgehog, we note that 'phil' is the beginning of 'philosophy,' & that he must learn to 'phil' his days with something other than himself, before he can full'phil' his potential. Puns are fun. ;) tavi.
"Finally, in addition to Phil sharing his name with the famous hedgehog, we note that 'phil' is the beginning of 'philosophy,' & that he must learn to 'phil' his days with something other than himself, before he can full'phil' his potential." Phil is also short for Philip, one of the Jesus' disciples. Philip represents the power of the Christ mind which man must connect himself to achieve his full potential, otherwise he simply dies in his sin over and over again.
Whats fascinating is that Atheists like you will still find a way to avoid the truth by any means necessary. You will even turn a very specific analysis and turn it into a generalized vague one to suit your needs.
@@kostasz7z And have you any idea of how it is for observers to experience such supercilious conceited fanatics who think they own a patent on the truth, and who must always assault others who are different? I too believe in God, but generally religious people cause more havoc than good, it's a known fact. You think you're so clever - too confident and self righteous to ever question or doubt yourself. 'A log in the eye', clearly. And you became all this after reading a book; Congratulations? - "To suit your needs"? Lol!! A psychologist would know: If you have a need to always be right and dominate others, then religion is a good choice. - Keep your belief system, but please also keep it to yourself.
I recommend watching(once) up till he falls asleep the first time, then fast forwarding to when he wakes up on the last(repeat) day. You see Phil how Rita did. Basically the complete opposite of the man he was the day before and he also knew everyone in town. When you watch it normally the change is gradual, but for everyone who knew Phil previously its an over night character reversal.
This movie has meant a lot to me, because i Was caught in a Groundhog Day-like life, and to me the philosophy is correct: You break the loop by really trying to improve as a person and always do things better.
I found your channel through your No Country For Old Men video. You do some really, really good work here. Subscribed - looking forward to more Cast Away!
Hey, Thanks! I really appreciate that. Cast Away is moving along. It's going to be a three-parter. I got the second part mostly done. But I had a flash of insight on Apocolypto and decided to try and push something through before Easter. Didn't quit make the Easter deadline but that should be out sometime this week or early next. Hoping to have the second part to Cast Away soon after that.
Please see this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7yBz30jtEnc.html if you'd like to know more about how I interpret symbolism in film.
The Bible says this sinful world will be destroyed by fire. The next one is eternal for those who accept Jesus as their savior. Storing up treasure in this life is worthless in the next.
This is what I call a good and on point methodological analysis unlike most movie analysis channels which are freestyle and with incoherent methodology.and I like your Ecclesiastes references.its a proto-existentialist text that talks and correspond perfectly to our post-modern reality.where the questions for meaning and the purpose behind our labors is more than ever highlighted and yet rarely answered
This is fantastic. When I first saw Groundhog Day 20 years ago I enjoyed it as an unusual comedy and nothing more. I watched it again last year and it changed something in me, altered my way of thinking. I’m a long way from enlightenment but videos like yours are wonderfully eye-opening. Thankyou!
Keep em coming man. Can't believe there's only 700 veiws. These movie videos are really well done. I can see a channel like this being popular even though that's probably not your goal.
Even though this upload is a few years old, I just came across it by accident and all I can say is damn. This is a brilliant “mini-analysis” of the movie. I love Groundhog Day - I dont think I’ve ever seen anyone speak negatively about it if I’m honest. I haven’t watched it for ages but Im going straight to iTunes to watch it tonight. After I watch some more of your videos, that is !! Glad to have stumbled across your channel. I love finding gems like this. Thanks... Subscribed 😉
Trees by Joyce Kilmer!!!! Such a great piece. Ēriks Ešenvalds wrote a beautiful choral song using that text. If only a live version was available on RU-vid 😔
Wow. I have always been fascinated by the deeper meaning of movies and books, etc. I enjoy your descriptions of movies a lot. I've been thinking of trying to watch this movie again, since I gave up on first time seeing it because it didnt seem to have any meaning to it. But with the current redundancy of daily life and feeling like I am living a somewhat similar everyday is t he same scenario, I may try this movie out again. Thanks and God bless! Also, loved your take on No Country for Old Men...
As much as people liken this to a Christian thought, this also is reflected in the teachings of the Buddha. Phil, through repetition also learns awareness and the letting go of desire. He dutifully learns mindfulness, a great tenet of Buddhism. And again, the symbolism of Buddha is there in the poem of the tree, the Bodhi tree, where Siddhartha found elightenment. Phil was led by desire in his lust for Rita, but when he relinquishes desire, we see him rewarded. In Buddhism, it is the desire that is the "sin", or mistake. Desire misleads the mind. Phil was a man who lived in the material, and sought satisfaction from the wrong things. Abandon the self, and find the oneness of life. I show this to reveal the similarity of divine teaching, no matter what one has as a religion.
Christianity and Buddhism converge on this point so also does the philosophy of Stoicism. Harold Ramis, the writer/director, was himself a ethnic/cultured Jew and an adherent of Buddhism. The idea of eternal recurrence is found in the writings of Niche. These ideas are common to many cultures and religions. But I think Ramis does allude to these ideas the lens of his Christian culture. Rita, meaning precious pearl, is the pearl of great price (the parable of Jesus) for whom Phil must relinquish his very self. And it's giving all that he has that he finds Rita giving all that she has for him in the end (all that's in her checking account at least).
@@youthnation1 Indeed, these are all universal ideas and themes that all manner of religions and philosophies can and do interpret as their own. Ramis and Rubin have both denied Groundhog Day being anything more than an entertaining and funny movie with heart. A story of a selfish man becoming selfless and in doing so is embraced by the world around him. There is no proper lens to watch this movie through and no culture can claim ownership of these universal themes. They easily conform to the viewers worldview and image of self and if we are capable of removing judgement and open to finding value in the sincere interpretations of others, we will find there are more similarities than differences between us. I really enjoy your videos and hope you continue to make more of them.
Unfortunately Matt, the creator of the channel, passed away from brain cancer in December 2022. His last video was uploaded posthumously. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jzLoZMNoKxM.html
He starts off as a perfect definition of Aristotle's Vice filled person. Throughout the movie he shows all the different vices, then slowly moves from incontinent to continent until in the end he has achieved the golden mean as a virtuous man.
I'm not really sure about this being about selflessness. Learning to play piano, ice sculpt, etc. It's all about learning how to live in a community. To be fair, that might require a certain amount of selflessness, but I'm not sure that is the main goal here. BTW, near the end when Phil is playing with the band, they are playing the national anthem of the USSR, or at least a very similar jazz tune. The way the story ends, with him wanting to buy a house their, is actually a perfect example of what Phil learned. He learned how to become a good person through his interactions with the community. And he also learned how to live in it. It might be splitting hairs, but it doesn't seem like selflessness is actually the message, its just that an overinflated ego isn't good.
fantastic analysis, i also struggle like bill murrays character in this movie as i live in indiana after awhile it seems like a purgatory with non intellectual or spiritually captivating people, the only people i trully can relate to are from other states thus devoid of this and me from texas, i long to go back and probably one day will
Good points here. Another angle I see in the movie is that of reincarnation. One starts out ignorant and selfish, through repeated incarnations and the resulting maturing consciousness one eventually becomes selfless and truly one with God.
I can see that. And you're definitely not alone. Harold Ramis, the co-writer and director of the film, was himself a convert to Buddhism and was known to carry a pocket sized primer in his pocket wherever he went. Buddhism and reincarnation were probably on his mind as he wrote the film. But, I've found that people aren't aware that eternal recurrence is found not just in eastern religion but in western mythology and philosophy (Ecclesiastes, Nietzsche, Camus, etc.) and yet without the life-beyond meaning found in eastern relgion. Given the film's western context, I'd say the film makes better sense here. Phil isn't experiencing recurrence in the life-beyond eastern sense but in here-and-now western sense. Death isn't the beginning of his cycle, it's the result. That's my two-sense, at least. :) Thanks for the comment!
+Raw - Good call! Reincarnation as a dogma flies in the face of traditional Christianity - but in the end, soul-growth is the intended direction of all positive spiritual paths. One need not "surrender themselves" to a deity or dogma to grow - and spirituality doesn't need to be religious...
I just finished watching the movie, the day before I'd watched the 'sequel,' a VR game called Groundhog Day, like father like son. (I say watched because I'm too poor for a VR headset, so a lets play had to do). I wasn't sure what to think before watching, my mother said it was a boring movie and not worth buying. In the game I cried, and after watching all of it, I bought the movie and watched it. I cried twice, once at the old man (Old Man Collins), and at the ending, I practically sobbed at the ending. It was a weird euphoric release, he'd broken the cycle, he was free, and I was so happy for him I cried. I haven't done that in a long time, it was a lovely movie and I feel.... I feel sad that I've finished watching it, if that makes sense. It's like finishing a good book, you finished a lovely story, but it's over now. Hah, what a weird thought when it comes to a movie about a day never ending.
I am very much a non-believer. Furthermore, I am not certain if your analysis of movies actually hits on intent, or is just well woven post-modernist criticism, but I do like these videos. They definitely inspire reflection.
It's a CERN film about changing / manipulating history and the Mandela Effect. The main part of the film is spent with him trying to manipulate that woman so he can pull her. If Phil had gone downstairs for breakfast at the end again and the maid remembered he killed himself with the toaster in the bath the day before she would be experiencing the Mandela Effect. It's all to do with conciousness, he retains his where everyone else is continuing as if each day is the first groundhog day and thus their memory will run in line with the final groundhog day before time moved on at the end. If CERN is using the particle colliders to open doorways to other dimensions (like in the Prodigy song) and manipulate them the majority of people would be like everyone apart from Phil in groundhog day. Every so often someone comes along who remembers things before they were changed such as the fact that aeroplanes never had propellers at the back. 'Life is like a box of chocolates' & 'Interview with a Vampire'. The more time that was spent in groundhog day the more Phil could manipulate the outcome of the next day and nobody would know. Stephen Hawkins 'many worlds' theory supports this. The powers that be always show off what they can do and what they know in the media. 1993 was the dark ages so it's taken until recent years for people to know what this and other films / music was really all about. The line 'I'm a God' is particularly poignant because the scientists at CERN believe themselves to be Gods. If you can spend enough time manipulating a window of time in history you can change the overall outcome thereafter. Only a small percentage of people retain their conciousness which is a residual effect of changes.
The film tells about the samsaric progression of egoistic desires each one of us must see through, i.e. the desires for survival, wealth, power, and knowledge (in that order). They are all depicted in various scenes in the movie. It can take one lifetime or many lifetimes to see it through and is symbolically depicted in the movie as Phil being stuck in time: each time he wakes up on the same calendar day is symbolic of rebirth or of one lifetime to be spent in samsara. His release from the cycle is symbolized by him as the main character (the male yang principle) uniting with the love interest (the female yin principle), and his waking up on a new calendar day as a new altruistic and enlightened being.
