The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr

Reasoning

After reading Lee Spinks' book on Nietzsche and seeing how he compared the eternal recurrence to Groundhog Day, I found that my reading of the eternal recurrence was much more pessimistic than the idea is portrayed in Groundhog Day. I thought having something to compare it to might be useful.

What I Gained

The film seems to be based on the premise that the eternal recurrence is already upon us in the sense that all our days are the same but we just don't realise it, this is suggested by key things in the film by the recurring mannerisms of the characters such as the shots in the morning, the singular potato as a meal, and the ghostly starring out of the windows. It's brought up a couple of questions and thoughts: 

1. If, as the film suggests, Nietzsche's final sane words were "Mother, I am stupid", does that suggest he was questioning his own work? In which case was he going against the teaching of the Ubermensch?
2. If the eternal recurrence is already upon us, does it matter if we embrace it or not because we can no longer change it anyway?

The full film can be found here, although the opening scene (below) sets the tone well:

Next Steps

This was a somewhat random and unexpected turn after someone suggested it to me, so I'm still looking for Christian viewpoints on ethics and morality.