[lit-ideas] Re: More philms & philosophy (especially Matrix)
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:14:09 +0100
Monday, October 25, 2004, 6:03:10 PM, Paul Stone wrote:
PS> I guess we might as well include every film that ever dealt with
PS> _A_ choice that any man or woman makes. Everything is [even if not
PS> overtly] philosophical?
That's part of my problem with all this. I don't have any problem
with, say, political science courses on utopias and dystopias that
look at novels and science fiction, or sociology courses that look at
at _The Dune_ (etc. etc.). I do have problems with overblown claims
for _The Dune_ qua piece of sociological theory, and with claims by
cultural studies' writers that the acceptance of alien characers in
Buffy and Angel makes possible also the inclusion of British actors
(but perhaps that's right....) (etc. etc.).
To _The Matrix_. I misunderstood the ending (having never really got
into the movie in the first place), and thought Neo was awakening the
people to revolution. But were that true, yet, Chris Bruce's comments
would hold.
--
Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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