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The Manchurian Candidate 1962
The film brutally satirizes the political climate of McCarthyism and the Red Scare in the Cold War era, which, by knowing the history of this period, makes it interesting to see the contemporaneous Hollywood critique of this era. As historical events become ever more distant as the wheel of time turns, we as a society become more detached from how people from previous periods of history have made sense of current events through the vehicles of popular culture like cinema…
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Into the Wild 2007
I saw this film on a list titled “When You’re Young, Vibrant and Lost in this World” which featured a collection of films that capture the wistful feeling those in their 20s experience as their worldview and persona solidifies, and the forgiveness and naivety associated with youth is becoming a distant afterthought. This film - a true story, originally documented as a book - explores precisely one boy’s reaction to this revelation and his spiritual quest into nature to reject…
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Good Will Hunting 1997
Much like in the same way Eleanor Roosevelt said beautiful young people are accidents of nature, beautiful old people are works of art, this film shows that intellect and wisdom are not created equal.
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