Choking Hazard

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Reason and Instinct

must be in balance, Verner!

When you gain instinct,

I'll be back! (Doctor Reinis)

Yuck.

Today, we will begin

searching inside ourselves

for both Reason and Instinct.

We can't start such a journey

with ideas that numb our minds.

We have to doubt everything.

Only by shaking things up,

will we find the right road.

Only then we will find

what we are searching for

and quench our thirst.

What actually is

the meaning of existence?

You will learn that here and now.

Here we go.

Hi. My name is Martin Verner

and this is my course video.

Bullshit.

- You have to tighten the stand.

- I know, but it doesn't work.

Try that little wheel.

No, on the left side.

Don't you see it?

Hi, my name is Tereza Lefnerova

and this is Mirek Nedobyl.

We help organize the course

and we've gotten

a lot out of it.

It was time to get up

a half hour ago.

There was

a great party yesterday,

but I don't remember

a damn thing about it.

Maybe... Oh, what's his name?

Radek? Maybe Radek remembers.

Radek!

- I'm not Radek.

- No?

Wasn't there a Radek?

Who is it then?

Aha, Tomas!

A ritual is a set

of actions you do every day.

Sometimes they're called neuroses.

My video for our course

on the meaning of life

should demonstrate my worldview.

No, that's a bit too accurate...

I better erase this.

This is my kitty.

- Hey.

- Hi.

Here's the star of the morning:

My roommate and friend,

Klara Hanusova.

- And this is Krenovcova.

- Why'd you run off yesterday?

It was really boring.

Look, you have to endure the

first 3 hours of every party:

It's the law of the long fuse.

Then everything explodes.

- As if anyone noticed I was gone.

- You and your complexes.

Besides, I thought that you

liked that guy... Tomas.

- What?

- And here he is.

So will you come

with me on the weekend?

Where?

Me and Klara are going.

If you come you won't regret it.

It'll be fun.

It'll be more

educational than fun.

You left, so I got him instead.

I liked Radek better anyway.

- This is too much!

- Beg your pardon?

I meant Mr. Verner here.

The last shot was too much.

And what was it?

What made you so upset?

He drew a swastika

on the mirror.

Take your pick:
I'm either

a Nazi or a philosopher.

A delinquent, more like.

What direction did

the ends of the symbol point?

- Left.

- Just as I thought.

Mr. Verner is trying

to get our attention.

It wasn't the "hakenkreuz",

the symbol of the Nazi movement.

The ends would have been

pointing to the right.

The first swastika, a sun symbol

in Mongolia, is the reverse.

How many philosophers

in bomber jacket confuse that?

Some people think that's

how Hitler tried to change

white magic into black.

In the best nihilistic

tradition, Mr. Verner's implying

that there is no difference

between good and evil.

- Lf I'm not mistaken.

- You are. I'm implying nothing.

Yes. That is also

very nihilistic.

Well, if your life resembles

what you've shown us,

no wonder

you're looking for meaning.

Now we have learned something

about ourselves and each other.

And that's the start of what

we're going to do this weekend.

I think that Mr. Verner's video

has nothing to do with-

Mr. Nedobyl, the discussion

is scheduled for Sunday.

The beginning of the hunt

Friday, September 12, 9:08 PM

Francis Bacon said it's

impossible to finish the contest

without setting the right goal.

But what is the goal

of human life?

At the beginning

everything is clear.

The sperm's goal is to fertilize

the ovum. That's a clear goal.

At birth, our only goal is

to suckle at our mother's breast

to increase

our chances of surviving.

Then what?

Our goals start to dissolve.

How is graduating from school

related to the meaning of life?

Does life

actually even have any meaning?

Night is coming,

animals head for sleep.

You should beware

of the black forest deep.

Woodsmen hunt the weak

not the brave.

And they won't put flowers

on your grave.

Horns ring out,

so good hunting!

You may as well kneel

and bow your head;

Woodsmen from hell

will see you dead.

You may as well kneel

And bow your head;

Woodsmen from hell

will see you dead.

The usual response to this query

is to create an alternative goal

and to hold on to it.

There are five types of these

basic alternative goals.

First:
Work or a career.

Second:
Hobbies and interests.

Third:
Alcohol or drugs.

Fourth:
Faith.

And fifth:
Family life.

Not to yield to one of these

easy alternative paths

requires a great redirection

of will and eternal vigilance.

This gets us to the main problem

with most philosophers.

Their wisdom

is reflected in their lives.

And often in their deaths,

as well.

Time for a break.

Sorry.

Coffee for me.

What are you having?

- Absinthe.

- That's a good drink.

- I don't like it.

- Why's he drinking it then?

Because he's a poser.

The taste is overrated.

So what do you two think

about what the doctor said.

Pretty interesting.

Maybe it was an interesting

display of intellect...

- But it's still just bullshit.

- And what did you expect?

- Why did you come here anyway?

- Hell if I know.

Come on out...

Dammit...

I -just -wanted to - pick you - up!

You mushroom!

I'm gonna stir-fry, you pig!

INSTINC Socrates said: "By drinking

the poison a little later:

I should be sparing and saving

a life which is already gone:

I could only laugh at myself

for this."

That's how a philosopher

should die.

Johann Fichte

died in 1814 of typhus

which he contracted from his

wife, a nurse at a hospital.

Of course, if he had contracted

casual syphilis.

Bon apptit, Mr. Verner.

Then his death

wouldn't have been so dignified.

That's how

a philosopher should die.

Nietzsche collapsed on the street

at the age of forty-two.

That would have been a good death

if it hadn't occurred as a result

of yelling at some teamster

for whipping his horse.

That's not how

a philosopher should die.

Yeah, you're right, I'm a porn

actor. Are you sure this is it?

Yeah, there's no other

isolated motel around here.

Can I ask you

of your autograph, Mr. Donti?

- I don't have any of your

videos here... - That's alright.

Wow! Super!

Here's "Too Thick A Cream".

Wow, thanks!

Hey, are Silvia's tits real?

- Are you making a movie today?

- Yeah.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" - vol. 8.

Loosely based on Harriet B. Stowe.

- I'm doing two anals today.

- Oh, I dig Stowe.

- And they're fake.

- Really?

Like Fellini says:

Film is a fraud. See ya.

So long.

Some tribes in the Amazon have

lived in the forest so long,

they can't see farther

than a few hundreds yards.

Even out in the open,

they can see no farther.

Yes?

Hey there.

- You're late.

- I'm sorry, I couldn't find it.

Everyone's looking for something.

We're just glad you're here.

- Are we doing the group work today?

- Your hand feels nice. - I know.

In groups, we will get

closer to each other.

And getting closer is essential.

When are we doing couples?

Tomorrow?

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