What Happens After a God Despairs?
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0:00 Broken Gods
0:40 Creation Brings Only Suffering
2:20 To Cry Another’s Tears
3:39 A Sea of Sadness
5:25 The Great Flood
6:39 Ragnarök Freezes Over
8:22 Crybaby Devilman
9:49 The Unfinished Kingdom
11:55 “Planet Earth is Blue”
13:51 Godland
15:29 It’s Hard to be a God
17:40 The Tragedy of Signalis
19:52 Come up for Air
21:34 What Happens After a God is Pleased?
Media Shown: Signalis, The Boy and the Heron, Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds, Children of the Sea, God of War III, God of War, God of War: Ragnarök, Thor Ragnarok, The Unfinished Swan, Godland, Devilman: Crybaby, Avengers: Endgame, Gris, Futurama, Song of the Sea, Hollow Knight, Death Stranding The Truman Show, Singing in the Rain, V for Vendetta, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Watchmen, Paprika, He Dreams of Giants, Brazil, Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen, The Twilight Zone: Shadow Play, Never-Ending Man, At Eternity’s Gate, Pollock, Ganguin, Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Additional God of War Ragnarök footage from KS Cinematics
♫ Music Used – Air on the G String (J. S. Bach), The New Century (Amnesia), Resurrection (Shadow of the Colossus), Die Toteninsel Emptiness (Signalis), The Path to the Door (Dredge), Promise (Okami), God of War Theme (God of War), The Ninth Realm (God of War), A Plague Tale (A Plague Tale), Saint of the Bud (Elden Ring), The Restless Town (Dredge), Burning Man (World of Goo), Turned Around (Signalis), Your Body Betrays Your Degeneracy (Disco Elysium), The Timefall (Death Stranding), The Red Gate (Signalis), Ariane's Theme (Signalis), Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven)
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Sources:
“Parallel Myths” (1994) by J.F. Bierlein
“The Empire of Depression” (2020) by Jonathan Sadowsky
“Rain: A Natural and Cultural History” (2016) by Cynthia Barnett
“Man and His Symbols” (1964) by Carl Jung
“‘Godland’ Is Not a True Story, but Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason Makes It Feel Real” (2023) by Carlos Aguilar https://www.indiewire.com/awards/consider-this/godland-filmmaker-hlynur-palmason-interview-1234931898/
“‘The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness’ review” (2014) by Sam Byford https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/28/7301455/the-kingdom-of-dreams-and-madness-review
How the Silent Hill-Inspired ‘Signalis’ Tried to Forge Its Own Identity" (2023) by Patrick Klepek https://www.vice.com/en/article/signalis-game-rose-engine-interview/
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