Bernard's Role In The Film Nihilistic Views And Human Drama

After viewing the film I s role is to represent nihilistic views and human drama. She is, in a way, Alberts opposing force. Believing that that life is meaningless she completely differs with the ideology of the existential detectives. She explains to Tommy and Albert that they can never be free from human drama and that they must go through life with knowing that whatever they do will be meaningless. Later in the film you find out that she was at once a student of the existential detectives and broke away to find a new meaning of existence.

The existential detectives names are Bernard and Vivian. They are a happly married couple that separately belive in different ideas. Bernard reflects ideas of a priori ontology. He questions existence