Somewhere in the past six months I missed this: a movie with clear Chuang Tzu resonance.  I stumbled upon it today, when I clicked on this post by Juhn Ahn at the Immanent Frame.  He is adding to a continuing discussion at that site of a Francis Ford Coppola movie, "Youth Without Youth," based on a novel by Mircea Eliade.  The New York Times review of the film is here

    Having not seen the movie nor read the book, I am at a loss to comment.  So, I will only say how good it was to see Juhn Ahn bring Chuang Tzu into the conversation, which none of the other posts on the film do.   And let me add this funny parental guidance from the NYT review:

“Youth Without Youth” is rated R (Under 17 requires
accompanying parent or adult guardian). Gun violence, sexual congress,
female nudity, metaphysics.

    We certainly do not want to expose the youngsters to metaphysics!

    Has anyone seen the film?  Is it good?

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