Unlike loud cries, the sisters’ whispers in the movie delicately express their pent-up fears and feelings of alienation, and serve as a powerful medium for sharing their deepest feelings with each other. We usually think that suppressing our inner voice and repeating ourselves in whispers is bad for problem solving and mental health, but in movies, shouting is often represented by...
The Act of Killing examines the 1965 Indonesian coup d’état from the perspective of the perpetrators, who are hailed as heroes for the massacres they led in the name of anti-communism. The film sharply exposes the violence of social structures and power, and asks what lessons we can learn from it. During the 1965 coup in Indonesia, the military secretly killed more than one million...
The movie GATTACA sheds light on the benefits and risks of genetic manipulation and raises concerns about the possibility of an unequal world in which genes determine human class in the future. I watched the movie GATTACA. From the first moment I saw the title, it stuck with me. GATTACA, which is also the name of a top aerospace company in the movie, is a combination of the human DNA...
The movie Inside Out sheds new light on the importance of grief, exploring why it’s important to express emotions openly in a society that often suppresses them and what positive changes we can expect from it. I’ve never been a fan of animation, but I mustered up the courage to go to the movie theater to watch Inside Out on my own after my friends highly recommended it. When I...
The Hunt explores the dangers of confirmation bias, stereotypes, and witch hunts from a psychological perspective as one man’s life is destroyed by small lies and collective prejudice. The movie makes you think deeply about how destructive the biases and misconceptions we face in our daily lives can be and what it takes to overcome them. The Hunt is a movie that has a lot to offer on...
In the movie Transcendence, the main character is reborn as an A.I. and gains transcendent knowledge, which leads to a loss of humanity. If A.I. can perfectly mimic human genetic information and cultural elements, it is necessary to philosophize about how human identity and raison d’être will change. In the movie Transcendence, Will Caster, a genius scientist, succeeds in...
Saw (2004) is a movie of tense psychological battles and shocking twists! Let’s take a deep dive into the hidden meanings and messages the movie is trying to convey. What kind of movie is ‘Saw’? Saw is a franchise that spans 10 movies in total, including 3D. In fact, it’s probably better categorized as a B-movie than a mass market movie. I don’t think...
The movie Interstellar explores wormholes and black holes and crosses the boundaries of time and space. But what does the movie have to say about Einstein’s theory of relativity? Let’s explore the core of relativity through the scientific concepts in the movie. Interstellar is a movie about the search for a habitable planet in space to overcome the problem of food shortage on...
In professional sports, money tends to dictate rankings, but the Oakland Athletics overcame this by using a new analytical approach called sabermetrics to win 20 straight league titles. The movie Moneyball is based on this true story and follows William Beane’s challenge to find a new way to succeed through change and belief. In the current world of professional sports, it seems that...
Considering the choice between virtual reality and reality given in the movie The Matrix1, this course explores whether living in virtual reality can preserve human free will and reality. It addresses the conflict between sensory control in the virtual world and authentic existence in the real world, and discusses the importance of intrinsic choice. The world of the movie The Matrix 1 is...