Session 2

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Video Index

  • Introduction and overview of the schedule for class.
  • Professor Singer talks about his goals for the class and the idea of film as philosophy. He also briefly summarizes the major themes of the movies discussed throughout the semester.
  • Singer discusses The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman.
  • Discussion of Bergman's "Chamber Movies": Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence.
  • Students speak about their papers.
  • A student discusses her paper on the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
  • A student discusses his paper on O Brother Where Art Thou ? where myth is used as parody in the movie.
  • A student discusses her paper on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the meaning of life with the myth of death.
  • A student discusses his paper that examines heroes in Clint Eastwood type movies where the hero is usually a crook.
  • A student discusses her paper on the different interpretations of what "the Force" actually is in Star Wars.
  • A student discusses his paper on the idea of fantasy as a means to heal someone.

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