<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Reel Philosophy</title><description>Long-form essays on the deeper meaning of films: themes, symbolism, visual storytelling and the ideas behind them.</description><link>https://reelphilosophy.com/</link><item><title>Death as the way life continues in The Fountain</title><link>https://reelphilosophy.com/essays/the-fountain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://reelphilosophy.com/essays/the-fountain/</guid><description>Three men chase the same tree across the centuries. Aronofsky’s answer to the oldest story we tell is that death is how life continues.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Death</category><category>Immortality</category><category>Love</category><category>Reincarnation</category><category>Religion</category><category>Resurrection</category><category>Space</category></item></channel></rss>