Films which deserve attention are those that challenge our thinking and makes us question our own logic; Ex-Machina directed by Alex Garland is the epitome of just that, the film inspires us to have thought and choice, illustrating how consciousness is made with logic, and how our conscience is a growing concept built from our experiences based off our emotions. The best way that described having a conscience as well as having full self-awareness of consciousness, is the character that was tested and challenged the most; Ava.
American philosopher; Daniel Dennett stated that “One of the deepest and most penetrating of errors about consciousness is the idea that it is something that divides the universe in two, that there are the things that have it and the things that don’t and it’s this utterly amazing, nearly magical property.” Dennett emphasizes on how consciousness shouldn’t be
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In my opinion Ava does indeed have a mind of her own, her conscience is built by her surroundings and the scenario’s she has been placed in, her will to escape and be free of any man is the very epitome of her having even a glimpse of a conscience. This also explores the ideal fact in both the film and in real life that we will never grasp the concept of true consciousness as we don’t know the true definition of consciousness, we cannot get into the head of someone else, even if we can see under its surface as we can with Ava. However we can still get a glimpse of another beings personal experience of the world through interactions of other people experience. Consciousness is ultimately decided in dialogue with others, as stated by philosopher Wittgenstein, who argued persuasively against the possibility of a private language and emphasized how our conscience is influenced through our subjective emotions. The film and director suggesting that through our own personal experiences we gain
"Mrs. Robinson, you are trying to seduce me," says Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman). The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols in 1967 is an influential satire/comedy film about a recent East Coast college graduated who finds himself alienated and aimless in the changing, social and sexual general public of the 1960s, and questioning the values of society. The theme of the film is of an innocent and confused youth who is exploited, mis-directed, seduced (literally and figuratively) and betrayed by a corrupt, self-indulgent, and discredited older generation (that finds stability in “plastics”) that I found to be quite clear and understanding, while also capturing the real spirit of the times and allows America's youth to perceive onscreen an image of themselves which they can both identify with and emulate. The Graduate is a significant film even today due to its use of abstract camera angles, telephoto lenses, excellent cinematography, and great acting. Few visual effects were used, however, matting and numerous point of view shots were used. These characteristics and the fabulous use of mis-en-scene, great writing and the era of the film all made The Graduate what it is today, magnificent.
Consciousness is seemingly always during the present and memory, a past entity. However, Locke responds to Reid and claims that one can have a memory of something without having consciousness of that memory. Reid continues to argue that identity must be something that stays exactly the same over time, however, our consciousness is in a state of constant fluctuation, thus our personal identity would be endlessly changing. Locke counters Reid, however, arguing that our consciousness is constantly changing and that we could still be very much conscious when we are sleeping. Furthermore, our personal identity is not restricted by our consciousness however, our capability to be conscious of former memories. Although Locke successfully responds to Reid’s first criticisms, Reid presents the analogy of the brave officer which highlights key contradictions that effectively subvert Locke’s account of personal
Director Christopher Nolan′s film Memento (2000), is loosely based from the concept of a short story named Memento Mori written by his brother Jonathan. This story is about a man named Leonard Shelby who is suffering from anterograde amnesia, which is a loss of ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long term memories from before the event remain intact. Leonard was hit over the head during an attack which resulted in his wife being raped and murdered. With the help of contact named Teddy and a bartender named Natalie, Leonard set out for revenge. Since the attack Leonard has set out to exact revenge on the man who has caused him suffering. He helps himself by writing notes, taking photographs, and tattooing himself with important notes and facts. An analysis of the film Memento reveals the use of film techniques such as editing, non-linear storytelling, symbolism, director's style, musical score, color, and cinematography that creates an intellectual stimulant that has the viewer deciphering a puzzle in a reversed chronological order.
I will commence by defining what makes a mental state conscious. This will be done aiming to distinguish what type of state we are addressing when we speak of a mental phenomenon and how is it, that can have a plausible explanation. By taking this first approach, we are able to build a base for our main argument to be clear enough and so that we can remain committed to.
For my final essay, I have chosen the movie “Fatal Attraction”, and I will focus on Alex Forrest and her mental disorder. Borderline Personality was displayed in the movie and Alex had almost every symptom of this disorder. Throughout this essay, I will be discussing Alex’s characteristics, intelligence, motivation, stress, social influences and/ or personality theories, treatment, and if the depiction of the disorder and treatment is consistent with what was discussed and read in the course.
Welcome to the year 2019. In a futuristic world the Tyrell Corporation has given life to replicants, robots that are genetically programmed to be identical to humans. Blade Runner was released in 1982, and was directed by Ridley Scott, who is also well known for directing Alien in 1979. The science fiction thriller stars Harrison Ford and Sean Young. The film was nominated for two Oscars, including Best Visual Effects and Best Art Direction. Blade Runner is a 1982 neo-noir that exemplifies strong storytelling and cinematic techniques. Today, a considerable amount of Blade Runner’s success has been because of its production design, portraying a modified future, and being a dominant film in the neo-noir genre. Harrison Ford plays Rick Deckard, the protagonist of the film. Deckard is a morally unstable retired bounty hunter, also known as “Blade Runner” who hunts illegal replicants. Rachael is an experiment by the Tyrell Corporation to create a more realistic replicant by constructing fake memories to provide a base for emotional responses. Due to the superior artificial replicants being both physically and mentally better than humans the government has calculated they are an insecurity to society. In the year 2019, replicants are illegal and do not have the freedom enjoyed by humans. The specialized “Blade Runner” police unit was brought into being to accurately identify and “retire” or kill replicants.
Ex Machina (2015) is a science fiction psycho-thriller directed by Alex Garland. The film is about an alcoholic, abusive, genius with a god complex who creates an artificial intelligence (AI) that appears to meet popular metrics in determining personhood. The AI’s creator, Nathan, wants to find out whether or not his AI, Ava, is capable of deceiving a human. The target of this deceptive test is the human, Caleb. The end of the film results in a challenge for some regarding whether or not Ava is actually a person or simply just a complex machine with complex programming. This challenge is easily avoided by recognizing that bad people are still people.
When the mins works like computer it help us understand how we obtain knowledge and then makes us realize that there is a consciousness we have but the philosophers do not know where the consciousness comes from. Philosophers for many years have been trying to figure out consciousness. Consciousness is a state of mind where we know what is going on but we do not know why we have consciousness. Philosophers are still trying to find out what consciousness is but the consciousness helps us with our mental representations which we gain through our sense of sight, taste, and smell. With these mental representation Locke says we do not know what is real without our sense giving us the 3D objects in our reality would be flat and have no dimensions that would cause us to never have mental representations giving us our reality and how we see shapes with the size, shape, and dimensions. Without these dimensions we would not know reality. Also with the consciousness we all have we all could be robots and in a bad game of sims but with the consciousness we have we have individuality and this causes us to see that we have our own destiny in life and have individual
A Time to Kill movie is a legal thriller that take place in Canton, Mississippi where a ten-year-old African-American girl named Tonya Hailey is brutally raped, beaten and left to die in a creek by two intoxicated white racist rednecks – James “Pete” Willard and Billy Ray Cobb. Soon after Tonya is found and rushed into hospital, police officers arrested Willard and Cobb at the roadside bar. Tonya’s father, Carl Lee Hailey started to think about justice and remembered a similar case when four white men raped an African-American girl and got acquitted. He consulted with Jake Brigance, a liberal white attorney on weather if he can get acquitted if he kill two criminals who raped and nearly killed his daughter. Jake told Carl not to do anything
Sex, love, depression, guilt, trust, all are topics presented in this remarkably well written and performed drama. The Flick, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Annie Baker, serves to provide a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes. Emporia State Universities Production of this masterpiece was a masterpiece in itself, from the stunningly genuine portrayal of the characters of Avery and Rose, to the realism found within the set, every aspect of the production was superb.
A genre is a type or category of film (or other work of art) that can be easily identified by specific elements of its plot, setting, mise en scène, character types, or style. (Goodykoontz, 2014) The gangster film is a sub-genre of the broader genre of crime film. A genre main objective is to classify the depiction of entertainment. The genre of my movie is a gangster film. My movie I chose was Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma.An update of the 1932 film, Scarface (1983) follows gangster Tony Montana and his close friend Manny Ray from their trip on the Cuban Boat Lift for refugees to their arrival in Miami. (Scarface, 1983a)
Consciousness is an element of human nature, which is discernibly existent. Humans experience life, and without such consciousness, it is possible to have sensations and to be aware. Rene Descartes and John Searle’s perspectives on consciousness explain how our consciousness exists, and what it actually is. Descartes view of consciousness dates back to the seventeenth century, and provides a view of consciousness when it was first philosophized about. On the other hand, Searle differs in his views of consciousness completely, Searle provides an in-depth view of consciousness, which includes biology and adds features to the realm of consciousness. Searle relies his theory heavily on the sciences, which he claims that science informs us of what
Alex Garland’s movie, Ex Machina, seems to be another fantasy based film where humans create machines that are able to behaves as humans, but this film looks beyond behavior and into deeper concepts such as control of the mind and not just the body. A scene that displays this idea is when Caleb slashes into his arm and begins to push the blood out to ensure that he is still human and not a machine. Throughout this movie, especially in this particular scene, demonstrates main interaction with a robot, which then leads to minimal human interaction and sleepless nights. While this scene could have just been for attention or to add dramatic effect to the movie, but seeing the scene through a different perspective of other intellectual minds,
Ex Machina is one of the most confusing yet exciting movie I have seen in a long time. This film presents so many ethical dilemmas as well as head itching scenes that leave you on the edge of your seat. One of the most significant ethical dilemmas throughout the film is, is it okay to play god? and is artificial intelligence okay/ should it be used. The movie starts out with a guy named Caleb Smith who works for a search engine company, Blue Book. Blue book holds an office contest, and the winner gets to go on a week vacation to the house of the CEO Nathan Bateman. Caleb wins the contest and gets to have the experience of a lifetime, when I say lifetime I mean it. He arrives to the house that is located in the middle of nowhere, and is met
Full Metal Jacket is written and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film was released in 1987 and it is starring Matthew Modine (Joker), Vincent D’Onofrio (Pyle), Adam Baldwin (Animal), and R. Lee Ermey ( Guy.Segr. Hartman).