My wife and I just watched Paterson, the new movie written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It touched me unlike any film I’ve seen in years; I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen. And what was on the screen? A box of matches, a guitar, cupcakes, the inside of a bus, the outside of a dreary house, a dark dive bar, an ugly dog, old city streets and buildings, lots of circles and twins, a waterfall, a bridge, lines of poetry, and … mature love. Continue reading Meaning of the Movie “Paterson”
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Poem from Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day has long been one of my very favorite movies. On one level it is a very funny movie; on another, it is a particular take on Nietzsche’s doctrine of eternal recurrence. It is definitely a film that rewards rewatching. In fact, the legendary film critic Roger Ebert reviewed it twice and included it in his list of great movies. Continue reading Poem from Groundhog Day
Politics and the Movie Fargo: For a Little Bit of Money
Today’s Republican party believes that tax cuts for the wealthy, despoiling of the environment, and the loss of health-care from millions is a sufficient reward for enabling the slow rot of constitutional government. Continue reading Politics and the Movie Fargo: For a Little Bit of Money
The Movie “Spotlight”: Philosophical Reflections
Last night I watched “Spotlight,” one of the finest films I’ve seen in years.
The film follows The Boston Globe‘s “Spotlight” team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States,” and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests. Continue reading The Movie “Spotlight”: Philosophical Reflections
Review of “Philomena”
