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Steven Soderbergh was first interested in directing Charlie Kaufman's script in late 1996, when Kaufman was still trying to get Being John Malkovich produced. [7] Soderbergh's considerations for casting were for David Hyde Pierce in the role of Nathan Bronfman, Chris Kattan in the role of Puff [8] (likely due to his character Mr. Peepers on Saturday Night Live at the time), and Marisa Tomei in ...
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature is a best-selling 2002 book by the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker, in which the author makes a case against tabula rasa models in the social sciences, arguing that human behavior is substantially shaped by evolutionary psychological adaptations.
[23] Similar to the book, blindness in the film serves as a metaphor for human nature's dark side: "prejudice, selfishness, violence and willful indifference." [9] With only one character's point of view available, Meirelles sought to switch the points-of-view throughout the film, seeing three distinct stylistic sections.
[179] [180] Deep ecology is a philosophical and social movement that stresses the inherent value of nature and advocates a radical change in human behavior toward nature. [181] Various theorists have criticized deep ecology based on the claim that it is misanthropic by privileging other species over humans. [ 180 ]
Organ transplantation is a common theme in science fiction and horror fiction, appearing as early as 1925, in Russian short story Professor Dowell's Head. [1] It may be used as a device to examine identity, power and loss of power, [2] current medical systems; explore themes of bodily autonomy; or simply as a vehicle for body horror or other fantastical plots.
Some of the responses to the movie could have appeared in the movie itself." [69] Slavoj Žižek, writing in Compact, said "critics were displeased by the light tone of Don't Look Up!, claiming it trivializes the ultimate apocalypse. What really bothered these critics is the exact opposite: The film highlights trivialization that permeates not ...
The movie’s first lesson is simple yet profound: anxiety may not feel good, but it often is good for us. Early in the film, Riley goofs around in the hockey locker room with her friends.
A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects (1739–40) is a book by Scottish philosopher David Hume, considered by many to be Hume's most important work and one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. [1]