Feeling, Pain

I believe the main point covered in the ‘Feeling, Pain’ is that ‘pain’ is unique. Obviously ‘pain’ is always unpleasant but to experience ‘pleasure’ and ‘the sublime’ we must first truly have experienced it. It is the only discernable emotion with stems from distress and that ‘a number 1 pleasure from a positive cause belongs to it. I have taken a clip from a film that you would have really heard of, or you really wouldn’t. It’s a ‘fan-boy’ film, very action-orientated. However, I think it illustrates the idea, intended or not, that a person feels fulfilment after overcoming suffering and pain, and the revelation of this is also pleasurable. The clip rather acts like a metaphor, it’s very overly emphasised and is quite radical in movement and realism. It is taken from the film ‘Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children’. I’m not even going to attempt to try and explain the plot and the backstory , but please look up the context if you wish. Our protagonist, Cloud, is in the midst of a battle with the antagonist, Sephiroth. Sephiroth is the more powerful, but Cloud gallantly puts up a fight. Ultimately he succumbs to Sephiroth’s power and is wounded. This pain acts as a catalyst for Cloud to ultimately experience ‘pleasure’ and overcome and overpower Sephiroth which leads to the film’s conclusion. He would not experience this resolution without the effect of ‘pain’ and ‘distress’. In is not necessarily the actions presented on screen, although it’s always good to have an excuse to show a crazy sword-fight, but the messages that can be deciphered behind these images, I believe, relate closely to what is covered in the ‘Philosophical Enquiry’. The main section of the scene I looked specifically at was from 3:00 – 4:20 approx.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4b8tFhn2Ji4