as a first post, let us divulge to you the basis of the name meaningless films.

you may be asking, why name your productions meaningless?  don’t the films have any purpose or meaning?  is whoever created this site a complete dufus?

thanks for your inquery, random fictional douche!  to best illustrate why the name was chosen, we have to go into the wild world of philosophy.

“we and the primal unity alike, having grasped the meaningless chaotic nature of things, both need the ‘rapturous vision’ and the ‘pleasurable illusion’ for our ‘continuous redemption’; we need [art] really just to survive.”

that’s philadelphia-based writer mark t. conard quoting nietzsche’s beliefs on life and art.  it is the belief that art lives outside of life, mocking it, while simultaneously giving it meaning in its critique.  existentialists such as jean-paul sartre believe that life is meaningless, we all die, and we are all absurdly rolling through our daily idiosyncracies.  nietszche also believed this but thought art gave it context and support, despite the fact that those who saw life as meaningless could do nothing to reinvent it with purpose no matter the intent.  hence, the name meaningless films. by its very nature implies that all films are meaningless in that they have little significance on our daily lives or well-being, but have a purpose in that they distract us from the bigger picture: life.

therefore, meaningless films. strives to make films rooted in daily life, both comedic and dramatic, making the name both ironic and existential–though not in a humdrum way, but in a positive, hedonistic way; we only live once, so make the best of it.

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