week 8 Flashcards
metathesiophobia
intense fear of change
The Truman Show, 1998, US
What makes us change?
anger
Network, 1976, US
Sidney Lumet - makes movies about being angry - “broadcaster is sick of being in a routine and reveals his anger to the audience - I am mad as hell, I’m not gonna take this anymore”
Pink Floyd, the wall, 1982, UK
The Gods must be crazy, 1980, Botswana
2 lies
- return of the Nanook - asked bushman (San people) to create the environment that they had abandoned
- actually from South Africa, because of apartheid couldn’t participate
films can change the world and understand why we have this anger
- The day after tomorrow, US, 2004 - people started to care about climate change
- Blackfish, US, 2013
-Parasite, South Korea, 2019 - government vows to improve basement apartments
films that changed how we eat
- Super Size Me, US, 2004
- Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken
- Cowspiracy, US, 2014
- biased, only shows one side of the industry
- backlash from agriculture experts
Reality of pushing agenda?
What the Health, US, 2017 - mischaracterizes what we know about food and health, biased
1 egg = 5 cigarettes
milk = cancer
Can a documentary be honest?
Films that changed the world a lot
Errol Morris -> mentor of Adam Curtis, one of the best documentary filmmakers
1. objective truth exists, truth can be known, truth is difficult to know
4. humans construct frameworks of beliefs to uncover the truth
10. the human story is a tragicomedy
The Thin Blue Line, US, 1988
-wrongfully convicted person freed after the movie
The Fog of War, US, 2003 - wants to understand the enemy -> Robert McNamara - started Vietnam war
1. empathize with your enemy in order to understand
inspirational heroes
Invictus, Clint Eastwood, US, 2020 - Nelson Mandela -> Rainbow nation in South Africa
- the national team of Rugby won the cup after apartheid
The Man who shot the liberty valance, 1962, US - “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” = the legend will be more important
Real heroes
- Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird, US, 1962
- Indiana Jones
- James Bond
movies that add diversity
- Mulan, US, 1998
- Maleficent, US, 2014
- Turning Red, US, 2022
When a film creates heroes
Blue Crush, 2002, US = competition in Pipeline for women surfers
cult movies
generates a passionate fanbase
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, US, 1975
Fame, Alan Parker, US, 1980 - shows the cult of Rocky Horror
Star Wars cult - Jediism
Harry Potter - snapism
AI
Neural networks
Sunspring, US/UK, 2016
The Frost, 2023
The Congress, Ari Folman, 2013, Israel, Germany, Poland - the industry owns you
set of algorithms, modeled loosely after the human brain, designed to recognize pattern
