This is a review of the Sundance short film, Albatross Soup (2019), directed by Winnie Cheung

Blizek, William L.

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The University of Nebraska, Omaha

Journal of Religion & FilmVolume 23Issue 1 April 2019 Article 432-5-2019Albatross SoupWilliam L. BlizekUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha, wblizek@unomaha.eduThis Sundance Film Festival Review is brought to you for free and openaccess by DigitalCommons@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion inJournal of Religion & Film by an authorized editor ofDigitalCommons@UNO. For more information, please contactunodigitalcommons@unomaha.edu.Recommended CitationBlizek, William L. (2019) "Albatross Soup," Journal of Religion & Film: Vol. 23 : Iss. 1 , Article 43.Available at: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol23/iss1/43Albatross SoupAbstractThis is a review of the Sundance short film, Albatross Soup (2019), directed by Winnie Cheung.Author NotesWilliam Blizek is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Religion and Film, and is Professor of Philosophy andReligion at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is also the editor of the Continuum Companion toReligion and Film (2009).This sundance film festival review is available in Journal of Religion & Film: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol23/iss1/43  Albatross Soup (2019), dir. Winnie Cheung  This animated short film recorded over 50 people trying to solve a riddle: “Why does the man kill himself?”  Before the man kills himself, he has one spoonful of Albatross soup.  It is fun to listen to the participants ask the questions that they hope will give them the answer.  Eventually someone does solve the riddle. I think, however, that the particular answer to the riddle is less important than the larger question of why someone would kill him or herself.  Death is something that most of us try to avoid.  Often we go to great lengths to avoid death.  So, what would cause someone to bring about his or her own death?  And what does the question tell us about our values and our humanity? 1Blizek: Albatross SoupPublished by DigitalCommons@UNO, 2019

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