Woody Allen - Distraction is the Best Medicine (in a meaningless universe)

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Lawrence and Woody debate whether burying oneself in ones work is meaningful or simply a distraction that keeps us from facing grim truths about the universe.
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@meloncollie8873 5 месяцев назад

This video marks my introduction to Woody Allen. I’ve known who he is for many years, but never watched his films or listened to him speak. My, oh my, have I found a kindred spirit. His line about having a boulder on top of a hill sums up what I’ve been struggling with for a while now: What is progress? So we solve human disease, poverty, hunger, etc. Now what? We all just sit around looking at each other while waiting for death? Not only did Mr. Allen summarize the problem, but I appreciate his suggested solution: Distraction. I think he’s right about that. It explains why I’m watching RU-vid videos. They (sometimes) help me not think about all the meaninglessness of the universe. Thank you, Mr. Allen.

@donacatanguma 3 года назад

Love Woody Allen, from a New Yorker.

@siat11 3 года назад

Love that Woody Allen has used moving making as his distraction. Keep it up. We need more of your movies.

@KarlWulff 3 года назад

I wish Lawrence would just let his guest speak. It works so much better.

@DrCruel 4 месяца назад

Nah. Let them go at it. They enjoy each other.

@lanieeichler6041 3 месяца назад

A bit frustrating. He gets these great guests then spends 75 percent of the time talking over them. And I really like Lawrence! Just wish he'd listen more, talk less. You know, be an interviewer..

@DrCruel 3 месяца назад

@@lanieeichler6041 Maybe the other guests. But Woody Allen can handle himself. He can kibbutz as well as any other mensch.

@gavinborden5451 3 года назад

So great "Intellectual... Nonsense... And I don't buy it"

@thomasgilson6206 3 года назад

Brooklyn is NOT expanding, Alvy! Stop worrying about it!

@youthgonewild 3 года назад

What is *that* your business? 😂

@antoniatejedabarros 3 года назад

Woody is the best!!! His films make life better. Keep creating, Woody! And, please, stay safe!

@dwalden74 3 года назад

Woody is the greatest comedic mind of all time. ❤️

@flamingopower2637 10 месяцев назад

Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin imo

@matthewfurss205 2 года назад

Who is this person always interrupting the legend?!

@skepticsinister 3 года назад

Love Woody Allen, from a New Yorker in CA. Thank you Lawrence :) 👍🏽

@nickpmusic 3 года назад

Lost in a mysterious universe without having any real purpose is the way it really is, possibly as far as I can tell (Richard Feynman)

@hanskung3278 Год назад

Allen right, Camus is putting a happy face on death and despair.

@woody7652 3 года назад

Happy New Year!

@jimmymurphy9593 3 года назад

We love you Woody!

@ahmedelsherif7223 2 года назад

I have a picture of Woody Allen and Albert Camus on the white board in my office because I also thought that Woody Allen and his movies are a very good representation of the absurd that Camus discussed in his book "the myth of Sisyphus". I'm glad to know that others have the same idea.

@antoniatejedabarros 3 года назад

Rifkin's Festival is a masterpiece!!! We saw it twice in Madrid. We want to buy the DVD already! Thanks for your amazing art, dear Woody! You're the best!

@judgeomega 3 года назад

"its horrible when i think about it" "so dont think about it" that was the advice i gave my mother when my father died. we choose what we think about it, dont waste your precious attention on things beyond your control... especially when it does nothing but bring you grief.

@SV42165 3 года назад

Rick Sanchez

@MalAnders94 2 года назад

Self induced suffering

@transpiration Год назад

easier said than done

@forrest2416 8 месяцев назад

if it were so easy

@ChindiInvestir Месяц назад

Helps.

@danielafreedman 3 года назад

Perhaps the answer is what Leonard Cohen said about the universe being cold and dark, but every once in a while there's a crack in it where the light gets in. Your films are little light shows that make us smile. Sending you a big hug!🕵👠🎷💖 Dan.

@deadboy4735 3 года назад

It's true because as soon you lose things you once had you start to understand their true value.

@AndrewsApprentice 3 года назад

Thank you for this!

@captainandthelady 3 года назад

Life is a distraction for what awaits us at the end...death.

@leonardoiglesias2394 Год назад

I will never understand why would you want to give Woody Allen philosophy lessons…..

@stephanvonugron1944 3 года назад

Wow!!!!! This is incredible!! What a guest!!!!

@trawomormartwiak7005 3 года назад

Read "Futurogical Congress" by Stanislaw Lem. It is happening now...

@a.gwhiteley1855 25 дней назад

The whole discussion between Lawrence Krauss and Woody Allen is well worth watching, not least for the way in which Lawrence makes desperate efforts to get Woody onside in putting a positive spin on atheist materialism, while Woody simply refuses to do so. As he says, he doesn't buy it. For Woody, the ultimate point is that God's non-existence is a disaster there's no getting around. The pointlessness of the universe, and therefore of that incidental part of it whch is ourselves, is only manageable by somehow distracting ourselves from it, e.g. by our work. I am not myself an atheist but, if I were, I would be with Woody 100%.

@aidinb6790 3 года назад

Woody Allen is amazing, love the guy.

@user-fj8xc4vc6g 2 года назад

Zen masters spoke of distraction in the same way as Woody, saying their teachings were like gold colored leaves given to a crying child to momentarily pacify them, but zen masters did not stop there the way Woody does. Zen masters took advantage of the calm minded moment to point to the truth of existence, which is invisible to a mind caught in the paralysis of grief and fear at the meaninglessness of existence (and it IS meaningless), and that truth is that all the world is a reflection of what fills our hearts, and that the base layer of reality is our true self which is serene emptiness that has existed since beginningless time. Being in tune with THAT can only be done by those who know who they are and are themselves 100%. No rock. No mountain. No meaning. No problem.

@robertblakeman9978 2 года назад

Woody is the coolest intellectual, Krauss is irritating though.

@Betleyman7853 3 года назад

Life is a meaningless journey across the wilderness of time. It is for most a constant struggle against adversity punctuated by all too brief periods of happiness. Make of it what you will, you have but one chance.

@cps_Zen_Run 3 года назад

Much of what you state is valid. The universe would deem our lives as trivial. Happiness is always available. Most walk past it while seeking it. Gratitude for each breath. May you stay healthy and safe.

@cinnamon4605 3 года назад

Hope Woody always stays in the same spirit for eternal. Interviewer was schmuck by the way, talking abt existential crisis infront of Woody. Go and watch late 60's and 70's movies of Woody's. Long back he dealt with those subjects.

@MyLateralThawts 5 месяцев назад

A boulder at the top of a hill has potential energy that could be harnessed to your benefit if the right application could be found. Something the Greek philosophers seemed to have missed.

@gen_music 3 года назад

All absolute true :)

@46metube 3 года назад

Who cares? The meaning of life? It’s the meaning you give it - that’s the meaning. After that, it’s all ice cream.

@MalAnders94 3 года назад

Then you’re just playing pretend

@markphc99 3 года назад

Well, i didn't expect Woody Allen on this podcast, he's an interesting man, but I'm also a Ronan Farrow admirer , but we're none of us perfect right? Wishing you , and all your subscribers a Happy New Year

@TheOriginsPodcast 3 года назад

Thanks... appreciate the open minded attitude. I think you will enjoy it.

@gamezswinger 4 месяца назад

Unfortunately, individuals often lack the ability to single-handedly address systemic issues, for example, during the Holocaust, Jews were unable to alter the Nazi regime's persecution, illustrating the limitations individuals face in addressing systemic injustices, leading them to seek solace in fantasy, "not thinking about it" and other forms of addiction. The world we inhabit is quite disheartening, but strangely, I still have hope.

@robertkahn6817 3 года назад

Great!!!

@LordGreystoke 3 года назад

We live in an indifferent universe. Make of it what you will.

@galaxia4709 3 года назад

Yet, life is an intrinsic part of the universe

@hannibalcosta 3 года назад

Woody Allen, the U.S. Federico Fellini. "But Allen has problems and blah blah blah." And? Does anyone remember Caravaggio's problems? No. We only remember the master's paintings

@lesleyheller2271 4 месяца назад

Distraction - all else is meaningless claptrap! Yesss!! Stop overthinking or navel gazing.

@ChindiInvestir Месяц назад

3:44 summary.

@Seekthetruth3000 3 года назад

This was fun.

@chuckberry7782 3 года назад

Great stuff!

@cedricpod 3 года назад

I love these two guys totally forever…… You made my meaningless life better

@kresivarivkah612 Год назад

I kove this man.

@karim.mmmmmmm 3 года назад

Thought about suicide a lot not because I'm depressed but just to leave this pointless game ... like it's a way out . . But the problem is no guarantee suicide is an exit .. if there is a decision made to be here Then after cutting that vein you might find yourself back in just in another form or same form or who knows... situation is not grim it's far beyond that ... I think there is a disaster in the heavens which is the loss of purpose in the universe and this whole life is just trying to find a way around it .. gods are either desperate trying to exit themselves but they cant find a way out .. or they feel scared or sorry to destroy the universe and the existence so they are trying to buy some time until they figure out a solution Or there might be one hell of a surprise waiting for us out there after our time is done here ... or the only happy ending will be a flat line I never imagined this will be my only wish But I deeply feel it's against the logic that something turns into nothing otherwise how can something come out of nothing... huh it's just insanely complicated ...

@NikiWonoto26 Год назад

I'm from Indonesia. Your comment is very deep, I really love it. I often think & feel the same. I know this is a very late comment from me, maybe you don't even read it anymore. But I just want to say that. Thank you very much.

@antoniatejedabarros 3 года назад

Woody is a genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@macanoodough 3 года назад

You got balls, Krauss. That's why I love you.

@karim.mmmmmmm 3 года назад

The guy is like me ... or maybe I'm like him cause hes the famous one .. he doesnt accept the beautiful sugar coated explanation of bs .. he tells him sisyphus is smiling he tells him I dont buy that ... exactly when its bitter dont sugar coat it !

@onelovemon1784 7 месяцев назад

All they need is a couple of plates of food from Katz's deli

@alexissercho 3 года назад

Lawrence, don't try to convince an old man, He already made up his mind about everything.

@rosejulietblack 3 года назад

I agree with Woody

@sickboy1931 3 года назад

Woody ♥️♥️♥️

@umang8839 Год назад

I agree with Allen. It's BS. Sisyphus needs to let go.

@Iyad46gamer 3 года назад

Woody Allen is a mood 🤣

@DFish111 4 месяца назад

The struggle is clearly in not talking over your guest.

@kevinhealey6540 3 года назад

I read his book. If you read between the lines page after page shows he tries to do something for someone.

@petemartinp 3 года назад

Love it ...lol

@GLORYNEVADASMITH 3 года назад

I believe Camus was overly optimistic . After all Camus was a Intelligent Handsome Charismatic Man , he had hit the genetic and circumstances lottery , excluding his abrupt conclusion - Well it's my opinion .

@ronaldlegree285 3 года назад

The answer is in a park in Chicago hidden in time I think it can be found on the 4th of July.

@JootsyMansfield Год назад

lawrence….let woody talk uninterrupted so his thoughts can flow forth.

@proudwhitestraightmale 3 года назад

Just don't think about it

@yaelstreetttejeda Год назад

❤❤❤❤❤

@TomasPetkevicius94 3 года назад

"Don't think about it." - Rick Sanchez

@hanskung3278 2 года назад

This sounds like Woody read Blaise Pascal.

@lavanjaysharma 3 года назад

Don't think about it

@luchianvasile 11 месяцев назад

That guy talking all the time and stopping Woody from saying anything is really annoying

@jamesbyrne9312 3 года назад

Youre happy when youre miserable. Is that from Annie hall I think?

@naturalisted1714 3 года назад

Speaking of death: I didn't exist, but then a baby was born. There will be babies born after I no longer exist once again.

@liambutler9427 11 месяцев назад

He's probably guilty but I'll never stop thinking Woody is a mega-genius

@lesleyheller2271 4 месяца назад

I beg to differ. Mia Farrow is a very troubled woman bent on Woody's destruction.

$@fractal97$

@fractal97 3 года назад

Ah man, let the guy talk.

@jimtors 3 года назад

He answered most of the questions for him.

@aleksmartini4 9 месяцев назад

The interviewer was extremely annoying constantly interrupting Woody with a fake smile

@buddinganarchist 3 года назад

Grim, bleak, why I am a Christian.

@alfanoministries 3 месяца назад

they Need Jesus

@JoseGonzalez-sr9ii 3 года назад

Woody Boat!

@saadfadel924 3 года назад

(And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.) 45:24 Quran

@SAntczak2 3 года назад

My favorite filmmaker, but he's missing the point. The distraction IS the meaning.

@flaggerify 3 года назад

I think he gets after LK explains his point.

@tomobrien563 8 месяцев назад

Why does the host even have Woody on? All he wants to do is hear himself talk. He’s his own distraction. Learn to listen dude! Sheesh!

@cps_Zen_Run 3 года назад

Our lives are extremely rare, considering all the sperm and eggs lost or unused. Our lifespan is very short. Allen’s inclination to label experiences as just distractions is unfortunate. Life is all about the Journey and awareness of the moment. Perhaps he was trying to be humorous.

@galaxia4709 3 года назад

I think you misunderstood. It is a distraction from existential questions

@forrest2416 Год назад

The interviewer cant stop talking. Unbearable. Woody is great

@coecovideo 3 года назад

let him talk

@paulingraham6781 3 года назад

I wonder what Woody thinks of my top five films of all time: The French Connection, Vertigo, Pickup on South Street, Shoot the Piano Player and Il Grido. That's an upper-case I, then an l, then Grido. Those are my top five films of all time, in descending order Thanks Woody, please continue distracting yourself and others as all of us ourselves continue our sojourn on this planet.

@DerekCully 3 года назад

Wahhh Distractions are for puffs.

@nickandmikec Год назад

Sisyphus rolls the ball up and it rolls down and he has to do it all over again, but there is the time he has going downhill that is worth the trouble.

@aeiologic8314 3 года назад

hahahaha

@jimtors 3 года назад

He interrupted too much

@ZambeziKid 3 года назад

I must say, I never resonated to anything he did on screen. Boring conservative outlook

@twonumber22 3 года назад

No thanks.

@timbrooks2763 3 года назад

In August 1992, the American film director and actor Woody Allen was accused by his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow, then seven years old, of having sexually molested her in the home of her adoptive mother, the actress Mia Farrow, in Bridgewater, Connecticut. Allen has repeatedly denied the allegation.

@sickboy1931 3 года назад

The first, a 1993 Yale-New Haven Hospital Child Sexual Abuse Clinic report, concluded that “Dylan was not sexually abused by Mr. Allen.” The second, another report from the New York State child welfare which stated, “No credible evidence was found that the child named in this report (Dylan) has been abused or maltreated. This report has, therefore, been considered unfounded.”

@timbrooks2763 3 года назад

@@sickboy1931 NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE, AND ALL HIS BUDDIES HAVE BEEN CAUGHT PLAYING WITH KIDS, SICK !

@sickboy1931 3 года назад

@@timbrooks2763 You’re embarrassing yourself publicly.

@orin2522 3 года назад

Mia Farrow coached those kids and tried to extort money from him even though he was generous to her entire family. 3 of her adopted kids died by suicide and abuse