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Films where philosophy is central to the plot: I Heart Huckabees (2004) – A comedy with existential themes. Mindwalk (1990) – A wide-ranging discussion between three individuals. My Dinner with Andre (1981) – A film featuring philosophical discussions. My Night at Maud's (1969) – A film centred around philosophical discussions.
A Fool and His Money (originally titled, Religion, Inc.) is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Daniel Adams and written by Michael Mailer and Adams. The film stars Jonathan Penner, George Plimpton, Wendy Adams, Gerald Orange, Chuck Pfiefer and Sandra Bullock in her first leading role. [1] The movie was released on September 24, 1989.
Brandy Yuen's Master of Zen is a rare gem in the realm of martial arts movies. It contains equal parts wuxia -styled martial arts, drama and religious philosophy. Yuen manages to create an action-filled homage to Bodhidharma (known as Tamo in China), the symbolic father of Shaolin wushu while staying true to the figure’s influence on the ...
The Journal of Religion and Film is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal that "examines the description, critique, and embodiment of religion in film". The editor-in-chief is John C. Lyden (Grand View University).
Controversies in film concerning the topic of religion, a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements.
Agora (Spanish: Ágora) is a 2009 English-language Spanish historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil.The biopic stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, a mathematician, philosopher and astronomer in late 4th-century Roman Egypt, who investigates the flaws of the geocentric Ptolemaic system and the heliocentric model that challenges it.
As the film is made in Mandarin, many expressed concern that Chow, a native of Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong, would lack the requisite Mandarin-speaking skills to portray the revered philosopher. [7] Others were concerned that Chow, a veteran of action and Kung Fu -cinema, would turn Confucius into a "kung-fu hero."
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 69%, based on 154 reviews, with an average rating of 6.31/10. The site's critical consensus reads, " Religulous is funny and offensive in equal measure, and aims less to change hearts and minds than to inspire conversation."