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The Wachowski Brothers; Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133093" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133093"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133093</U></U></A></div> <div> Can you get enough of this movie?  A great illustration of Nietzsche's Ubermensch.  Neo won't be held down by the laws of this make-believe world.  When he's set free (when he defines himself and finds his individual identity) he becomes a super-man.  (Why did they show Neo in a phone booth before he flies away at the end of the film?)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="3cc29230.gif" border=0 width="41" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Rope</I>, 1948, dir. Alfred Hitchcock; James Stewart, Farley Granger, James Dall.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0040746" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0040746"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0040746</U></U></A></div> <div> From the master of suspense, an example of what it would be like to carry out Nietzsche's ideas - the triumph of pure will.  But, can you just go around killing anyone?  And, did the philosophy professor intend for his students to go out and try it?  Will he figure it out before the dinner party is over?  Shot entirely with no camera cuts (they change film by passing the camera behind a person's back and waiting for the screen to go black).  They even mention Nietzsche in the film, so you know your history teacher's not just making this one up.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Forbidden Planet</I>, 1956, dir. Fred M. Wilcox; Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pigeon, Anne Francis.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0049223" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0049223"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0049223</U></U></A></div> <div> A prototype for Star Trek with a pre-goofy Leslie Nielsen (that's right, he's not funny in this one!) A space crew investigates the fate of a team of researchers, all of whom except for Dr. Moebius and his daughter have been killed, on a distant planet.  The Krell, the ancient civilization who lived on the planet, found a way to boost their intelligence, but with some unintended consequences.  Freud would have loved this one!</div> <bR> <div> <I>Good Will Hunting</I>, 1997, dir. Gus Van Sant; Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119217" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119217"><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119217</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Analyze This</I>, 1999, dir. Harold Ramis; Billy Crystal, Robert DeNiro, Lisa Kudrow</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0122933http://" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0122933http://"><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0122933</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Freud</I>, 1962, dir. John Huston; Montgomery Clift.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0055998" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0055998"><U><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0055998</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div>   <IMG SRC="3c9613a0.gif" border=0 width="97" height="58" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3c33d3a0.gif" border=0 width="61" height="58" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3ca2f3a0.gif" border=0 width="47" height="58" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The <I>Star Wars</I> Trilogy, 1977, 1980, 1983; dir. George Lucas, Irvin Kirshner, Richard Marquand;</div> <div>      Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, etc.</div> <bR> <div> A great realization of Freud's theory of the Oedipal Complex.  Not a good idea to review it as an allegory for Freud's Oedipal complex if you've never seen them before; it takes a bit of interpretive flexibility.  Ever notice that there's really no women in the trilogy?  OK, Princess Leia, but as Luke's sister there's a taboo on their relationship.  Therefore, Luke's energy must become sublimated, directed towards other pursuits.  Luke's mission in the trilogy is to confront his father, just like Oedipus.  Also, did you ever notice all of the gendered symbols in the film?  The front of X-Wings look like... well... and they penetrate the Death Star, which resembles an egg... Oh, and don't forget the light sabers, which might represent...well, you've seen the movie <I>Spaceballs</I>?.</div> <bR> <div> Star Wars  <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0076759" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0076759"><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0076759</U></A></div> <div> The Empire Strikes Back<A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0080684" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0080684"><U>  http://us.imdb.com/Title?0080684</U></A></div> <div> Return of the Jedi  <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0086190" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0086190"><U>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0086190</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>