The Novel:

  • The Trial (Der Prozess) (1925) by Franz Kafka


​The Films:

  • The Trial (Le Procès) (1962)


  • ​Directed by: Orson Welles

​Screenplay by: Orson Welles

  • ​Produced by: Alexander Salkind


  • ​Starring: Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Akim Tamiroff, Elsa Martinelli


  • ​The Trial (1993)


  • ​British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)


  • ​Directed by: David Jones


  • ​Screenplay by: Harold Pinter


  • ​Produced by: Louis Marks, Jan Balzer


  • ​Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Robards


The Panel:


  • ​Host: Eric Trommater


  • ​Guests: Erin Brown and Sila Blume


  • ​Music Credits:


  • Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performed live by Ben Goldstein. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.


  • Game Show Theme

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The Chapters: (TBA)


00:00:00 - Introduction & The Philosophy of Solipsism


00:02:07 - Opening Thoughts on Welles vs. Jones-Pinter


00:06:50 - The Meaning of Der Prozess: Language and Detail


00:12:05 - The Rhythmic Deception of Harold Pinter's Dialogue


00:22:37 - Structural Traps and Camera Violations


00:25:55 - Post-War Systems vs. Internalized Guilt


00:30:48 - Game Segment: Mapping the Family Tree of the Void


00:36:41 - The Mechanical Breakdown of Linguistic Erosion


00:43:19 - Technical Hurdles, Low Budgets, and Lenses


00:46:34 - The Quarry: Comparing the Explosive vs. Sterile Endings


00:56:33 - Philosophical Lineage: Existentialism and Absurdism


00:59:39 - Sign-Off and Where to Find Us



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