Humanities, Philosophy and Film
Films: Corresponding Themes:
| Shoah | Holocaust and the Problem of Evil |
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Schindler's List |
Holocaust and the Problem of Evil |
| A Handmaids Tale | Feminism and Future Civilization |
| Basic Instinct | Gender Issues, Victimization Issues |
| Silence of The Lambs | Gender Issues, Victimization Issues |
| The Crying Game | Gender Issues, Victimization Issues |
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Moonstruck |
Personal Virtues |
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Leaving Las Vegas |
Personal Virtues, Destructive Lives and Love |
| The Net | Social Construction of Identity |
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He Said/She Said |
Examines Reality of External World |
| Secrets and Lies | Culture and Emotions |
| Inherit the Wind | Creationism versus Evolutionism |
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Dead Poets Society |
Socratic Dialogue and Method |
| Do the Right Thing | Morality Tales and Culture |
| Blade Runner | Memory and Identity |
| Chinatown | Ethics; Moral Persons |
| My Dinner with Andre | Meaning and the Value of Existence |
| The Battle of Algiers | Human Rights |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | Ethics |
| The Addiction | Examines Addictions to Evil and Violence |
| In The Name of The Rose | Ancient and Medieval Philosophy |
| In The Name of The Father | Human Rights, Social Justice Issues |
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The Thin Blue Line |
Epistemology |
| 12 Angry Men | Perceptions, Conflict and Logical Problems |
| Space Odyssey 2001 | Future Civilization and Technology |
| Shawshank Redemption | Transformation and Search for Meaning |
| No Exit (Sartre) | Existentialism and Freedom |
| The Stranger (Camus) | Existentialism and Freedom |
| Total Recall | Memory and Identity |
| Rainman | Conceptual Thinking |
| The Stranger (Camus) | Conceptual Thinking |
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Other Film (Contact Me) |
Philip M. Fortier, M.A. (1997-2006)