Session 2

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Video Index

  • Review of previous session
  • How does one apply philosophical analysis of any sort to a work of art such as a movie?
  • What is the meaning of the tree of knowledge in the garden of Eden? How is this philosophically important?
  • There is an overlap between science, technology, and art. Mathematics can be thought of as a theoretical art.
  • Fundamental question of Reality Transformed: Formalists vs. Realists.
  • Three Philosophical Film Makers - all 3 film makers both formalists and realists in their own ways.
  • Are films the modern medium of choice for disseminating philosophy?
  • Hitchcock emphasizes "reality effect" - emphasis on formalism, but striving to bring out realism. Similar to realism portrayed in "The Green Mile"
  • Assigning biblical characters to "The Lady Eye." Which characters are Adam and Eve? Who is the snake?
  • The myth of the whore/virgin - can the two be harmonized in "The Lady Eye"? Jean journeys from one to the other throughout the movie.

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