tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318381305763508358.post9112509333698890155..comments2013-04-23T15:18:59.404-05:00Comments on Philosophy and Film: Am I sad? Am I happy?Doctor Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318381305763508358.post-480045171067276072013-04-16T16:15:51.969-05:002013-04-16T16:15:51.969-05:00This movie seems particularly relevant to Platinga...This movie seems particularly relevant to Platinga's argument that emotions are the rational filtering of feelings. George has experienced extreme happiness and extreme sadness, but when we meet him, it is not as if his feelings have clouded his thinking. He is no longer happy nor sad, but hopeless. George has channeled his emotions into apathy. There is no longer in any need for him to go on living. He has neatly and completely arranged his death. George is handling his emotions rationally, just as Platinga says moviegoers must. That George is experiencing intense emotion through rationality suggests that he is just as distanced from his feelings as the audience is. <br />At the end of the movie, George has chosen to continue living; he has rediscovered his feelings and thus his life. But, of course, in the end he dies unexpectedly. This appears as if it is a great tragedy, but I think it is Tom Ford's way of showing us that the essence of humanity is pure and unexpected feeling. Had George gone through with his suicide, his death would have been of no significance, but the unpredictability of his heart attack parallels George's rediscovery of the uncontrollable power of human feeling. edorwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04870325014288581590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318381305763508358.post-18717208685667372462013-04-16T13:07:47.937-05:002013-04-16T13:07:47.937-05:00I think it is interesting to specifically mention ...I think it is interesting to specifically mention the ties the character can have to the spectator. It almost seems throughout the film that we connect with George because he is almost modern and progressive thinking, yet living in the 1960's. I think his being out of place makes the film sad, yet we watch it in a more progressive time, feeling sorry for George and only wishing that he had existed in present day, perhaps not leading to his death but perhaps to him freeing himself. This film is beautifully shot, I agree, giving it a dreamlike feel which I feel really adds to the mysteriousness of the messages and tone it is trying to convey.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317891027388571774noreply@blogger.com