The film The Matrix presents and deals with many interesting philosophical issues. Here I will discuss a particular scene from the film‚ namely‚ the ’red/blue pill’ dialogue between Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Neo (Keanu Reaves). This dialogue can be considered as dealing with a philosophical thought experiment: Nozick’s (1974) experience machine‚ and questions that arise from it. Namely‚ would an individual‚ after coming to know that they are not actually directing their own life‚ but are
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The film 13th explores race‚ justice‚ and mass incarceration in the United States. The film mainly focuses on the history of how racial inequality came to be in the United States. Also the film mentions that in the United States’ prisons there are inordinate amount of African-Americans. Additionally a variety of different political activists and public figures from different backgrounds gave their view from Angela Davis‚ Bryan Stevenson‚ Van Jones‚ Newt Gingrich‚ Cory Booker‚ and many others. In
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Ukulele Lives Happily Ever After We have read many love stories and fairytales which all had a ‘happily ever after’ ending. It was never easy for the lovers to get together because there was always something that would come in between them. Even then‚ they would not give up and would fight until the very end to be with their true love. Keeping that in mind‚ the short film ‘Lava’ is similar‚ as it talks about how two Volcanoes ‘Uku’ and ‘Lele’ are lovers and wait for a very long to be with each other
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Lincoln the movie essay Watching this movie‚ I was really informed on the life that people lived when Lincoln was president. The movie has many was to captivate viewers with humor‚ emotions‚ and how weird it was the guy who played Lincoln‚ looked so much like him! I noticed that many things have changed in politics since during that time and how people act. First of all‚ if you paid close attention to the movie you would see how some people in the representative house did not agree with the
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The only time Australia has come under direct attack from another country‚ was when Japan bombed Darwin and sunk a number of ships in Sydney‚ during World War 2. The question then has to be asked‚ why Australia has been involved in so many conflicts. A number of recent conflicts in this century come to mind‚ they include‚ The Boer War‚ World War One‚ World War Two and The Vietnam War. By far the conflict that drew the most outrage from Australian citizens was the Vietnam War. Australia has been drawn
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The Age of Exploration marked the beginning of a new chapter in world history and period of opportunity in Europe. Prominent European states such as England‚ France‚ The Netherlands‚ Portugal‚ and Spain all viewed the New World as a means of expanding their global footprints. While not the West Indies‚ the Americas were understood to possess incalculable amount of natural resources‚ and many of these European states were anxious to take advantage by any means. In South and Central America‚ power
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Detropia Although prior to the film‚ the viewer may have heard of the situation in Detroit‚ it takes a film as poignant as Detropia to really get outsiders to empathize with its problems. Director Heidi Ewing uses contrasts to illustrate the variety of challenges Detroit faces but to also highlight those actively seeking out solutions. Through the interviews‚ camera angles‚ and audio Detropia shows the viewer that though the situation may look bleak‚ there is still life in the Motor City. The
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Task 1B Advert Analysis Introduction I have chosen the cinema trailer Lincoln. I will be writing about how the trailer makes you feel and does it make you want to go watch it in the cinema and if it does how does it also what kind of techniques have been used? The trailer is about the American civil war between the south and the north states of America. The south wanted to keep slavery and the north wanted to abolish slavery. This screen shot from the side is taken from the trailer this can
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Australia has been a “good” global citizen through its supportive role in the United Nations (UN)‚ aid in other countries in the Asia-Pacific region and promotion of a range of regional agreements involving countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The United Nations first came into being in 1945 as an organisation dedicated to the maintenance of world peace and security. Being one of its founding members‚ Australia has committed troops to over 20 UN peacekeeping operations and supports the
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Criminal Justice Communication 12 October 2011 Crash Character Essay For my essay on Crash I had to really reflect on this movie. There are so many characters in this film it is difficult to decide. The director decided to show conflict in race relations in L.A. The lives of each character are enterlaced by events that appear unrelated‚ but are in the end dependent on eachother. The series of events have many tragic results. The story could have ended differently if the people involved actually
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