and not the matrix...too obvious....and what are the ideas in the movie.
2006-09-01 12:32:08 · 17 answers · asked by Bogey 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
what the bleep do we know... star wars
2006-09-01 13:16:13 · answer #1 · answered by lucky1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you ask 100 doctors in philosophy who majored in the field of "Philosophical Ideas In Movies", you'll get 100 different answers. More than that, they'll start fighting... I cannot honestly answer your question because, honestly, I haven't watched all the movies in the world. The people who named a movie didn't know exactly what they were doing... But I can tell you to watch Alien 4 ( I forgot the name of it... Resurrection, maybe?) and extract the philosophical ideas in it. There are enough of them, and a couple of them are very, how should I say, strong.
2006-09-01 12:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by mrquestion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're looking for good philosophy in a movie try Waking Life, a small film by Richard Linklater. The movie covers a good deal of different philosophies, while following a main character through a dream sequence. The film was shot in rotoscope and animated by over 30 different artists.
2006-09-01 12:40:16 · answer #3 · answered by tali-endo- 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Matrix is based on old Orpheus movies - especially a movie about Orpheus done in French. I forgot the name - saw it for a film class a long time ago.
The Never Ending Story (kid's movie from the 80s) is good as well.
2006-09-01 12:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Monty Python's The Life of Brian"--not a spoof of Christianity, but an insightful satire on how people respond to religion. Every time I watch it I come away with new perspectives.
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"--R&G, the two friends who casually get bumped off in Shakespeare's "Hamlet," get top billing from playwright Tom Stoppard. It's a great analysis of not only Shakespeare's play, but also our roles in life. All R&G know is that they were sent for. Much of the movie is hilarious commentary on them bumbling through a tragedy in which they are just pawns destined to die. It's what Samuel Beckett would have written if he had done Hamlet.
2006-09-01 13:59:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order:
1. Waking Life (very existential).
2. Fight Club (reminiscent of Rousseau's opinion on society and civilization).
3. Memento (existential, that our actions have meaning even if we don't know what they are).
4. Matrix (a sci-fi version of Plato's Allegory of the Cave).
2006-09-01 12:55:57 · answer #6 · answered by A K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Office Space, K-PAX, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
2006-09-01 13:50:53 · answer #7 · answered by unseen_force_22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tuesdays With Morrie about an old Sociology lecturer spending his last weeks of life (every Tuesday) with an ex student talking about life and its meaning etc. Funny thing was Jack Lemmon acted as the lecturer, Morrie, and it was Lemmon's last film as he was dying of cancer. So he wasn't acting, he was living the part of a dying man.
Fantastic book, brilliant film.
Oooozing with various eastern and western philosophical messages.
2006-09-01 13:18:59 · answer #8 · answered by zephyrescent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I Heart Huckabees" is big on existentialism, and it's absolutely hilarious.
Also, many might not consider "Fight Club" as having philosophical ideas because the characters don't discuss it, but it's littered with interesting concepts.
2006-09-01 12:38:07 · answer #9 · answered by Paley Pale 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter Brook's " MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN". No contest! You will need to see it repeatedly as it deals with all the key questions affecting humanity.------Better still, check out Gurdjieff/Ouspensky literature on the web and read their books before watching the film.-----Best wishes, and learn to "remember yourself" at all times! Philip
2006-09-01 12:51:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so i guess the accurate question would be "what movie has the second most philosophical ideas in it?"
Hero - Jet li
would be my immediate guess
2006-09-01 12:35:07 · answer #11 · answered by Ken J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋