The idea is from "Infinite Jest" from David Foster Wallace where such a film described. However similar films are mentioned in other fictional stories I don't know the exact origin of this idea. I have read the original idea might be Medusa from greek mythology.
DFW criticized with it the American entertainment industry and how people nowadays consume it.
In the story there is a lethal weapon. The film" Infinite Jest". It is used by terrorists to kill people with entertainment that is so addictive it would make you first insane and then you die from it.
When you watch the movie for the first time you are instantly so addicted that you cannot think about anything else. You become kind of a vegetable that has to live in the psych ward. For me there is one problem with this image/story. If the film is that addictive so that you shit in your pants instead of using the toilette...are you still eating food or drinking something? I know this story with a different narration in the other one the people are immortal and watch the film for infinite times. But when I think about my question I rather assume you will stop drinking water and you will probably die after 2 days because of that.
The entertainment in this film is extremely exciting. It is the perfect film. It will be better than anything you can imagine. It will be infinite pleasure so good that it will kill you. However your brain will stop working. You won't be able to have clear mind. Innerly you will die. It is the final form of escapism. Everything your personality and relationssips will stop. You will be an addict with the urge to consume this film till you die.
What do you think? Would you go for it? For me this sounds pretty scary. On the other hand it would probably kill me after 2 days of extreme pleasure. I think you would be quite thirsty after drinking 2 days nothing. But you would probably not even recognize that because your instincts would not work anymore.
I personally try escapism in my real life a lot. But I try at the same time to solve my problemes which seem to be quite impossible...Maybe I have to distract me as long as possible. Till the day when I won't be able to run away from it anymore. However in real life I would wish a film could make the final job for me. On the other side becoming an entertainment zombie who has to surrender to the most primitive instincts... This is not the way I want to live. But would it be a good way to die? Honestly I don't know...
DFW criticized with it the American entertainment industry and how people nowadays consume it.
In the story there is a lethal weapon. The film" Infinite Jest". It is used by terrorists to kill people with entertainment that is so addictive it would make you first insane and then you die from it.
When you watch the movie for the first time you are instantly so addicted that you cannot think about anything else. You become kind of a vegetable that has to live in the psych ward. For me there is one problem with this image/story. If the film is that addictive so that you shit in your pants instead of using the toilette...are you still eating food or drinking something? I know this story with a different narration in the other one the people are immortal and watch the film for infinite times. But when I think about my question I rather assume you will stop drinking water and you will probably die after 2 days because of that.
The entertainment in this film is extremely exciting. It is the perfect film. It will be better than anything you can imagine. It will be infinite pleasure so good that it will kill you. However your brain will stop working. You won't be able to have clear mind. Innerly you will die. It is the final form of escapism. Everything your personality and relationssips will stop. You will be an addict with the urge to consume this film till you die.
What do you think? Would you go for it? For me this sounds pretty scary. On the other hand it would probably kill me after 2 days of extreme pleasure. I think you would be quite thirsty after drinking 2 days nothing. But you would probably not even recognize that because your instincts would not work anymore.
I personally try escapism in my real life a lot. But I try at the same time to solve my problemes which seem to be quite impossible...Maybe I have to distract me as long as possible. Till the day when I won't be able to run away from it anymore. However in real life I would wish a film could make the final job for me. On the other side becoming an entertainment zombie who has to surrender to the most primitive instincts... This is not the way I want to live. But would it be a good way to die? Honestly I don't know...
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