Humanities, Philosophy and Film
Films: Corresponding Themes:
Shoah | Holocaust and the Problem of Evil |
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 |
Moonstruck |
Personal Virtues |
Leaving Las Vegas |
Personal Virtues, Destructive Lives and Love |
The Net | Social Construction of Identity |
He Said/She Said |
Examines Reality of External World |
Secrets and Lies | Culture and Emotions |
Inherit the Wind | Creationism versus Evolutionism |
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 |
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 |
Other Film (Contact Me) |
Philip M. Fortier, M.A. (1997-2006)