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Anyone know of some really deep philosophical movies?

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  • 12-11-2015 11:23pm
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    ALLeroy
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    I am looking for movies which contain heavy philosophical discussions.


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    shazzerman
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    My Night at Maud's
    My Dinner with Andre


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    Technocentral
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    Fast and Furious 6


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    FourFourRED
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    Technocentral wrote: »
    Fast and Furious 6

    Hahaha

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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    e_e
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    Ghost in the Shell
    A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
    Slacker
    Stalker
    Waking Life
    Winter Sleep

    Also great doc looking at movies through a philosophical lens: The Pervert's Guide to Ideology


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    Facekicking 2 The Future
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    Gattaca, Blade Runner, Contact

    Collateral, Magnolia or Midnight in Paris if you're not inclined to sci-fi.


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    Facekicking 2 The Future
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    Technocentral wrote: »
    Fast and Furious 6

    Movie executive: "My philosophical musings are only as large as the cocaine habit this franchise awards me...which is quite a bit"


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    Keplar240B
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    Lost in translation. , wow just wow


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    One eyed Jack
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    Trainspotting :D


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    Turtyturd
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    The matrix.


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    Arghus
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    I Heart Huckabees is worth throwing into the suggestion pile.


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    R P McMurphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭R P McMurphy


    Upstream colour


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    Agent Coulson
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    The Truman Show

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind


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    fluke
    Registered Users Posts: 1,679 ✭✭✭fluke


    The Craig Bond movies,

    'I'm a spy but I don't want to be...'


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    StringerBell
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    Star Wars (Not episode 1)
    Leon (should you help your neighbour or mind your own business)

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



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    FortuneChip
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    Mr Nobody
    Deals with choice and consequence


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    Mickeroo
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    I think Terrence Malick's movies are worth a shout, particularly The Thin Red Line. Tree of Life too though you might hate that, couldn't recommend Thin red Line enough though.


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    sonofenoch
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    Cross of Iron

    Wrong Turn


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    Sad Professor
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    Depends what kind of philosophy you are interested in. If like me you partial for a bit of existential despair, then then there's no beating Bergman. The Seventh Seal and Persona are a good introductions, though I think Winter Light and Cries & Whispers had a more profound impact on me. There's also Bela Tarr, especially The Turin Horse.

    A lot of what passes for philosophy in popular cinema is really pseudo-philosophy. The Wachowskis almost single-handly invented the current form of it. It tends to involve characters spouting a lot of deep sounding stuff. It owes more to George Lucas and Yoda than real philosophy.


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    Darkglasses
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    Love and Death (Woody Allen)


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    FourFourRED
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    The Pervert in the Wind (1979)

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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    Turtyturd
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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    A lot of what passes for philosophy in popular cinema is really pseudo-philosophy. The Wachowskis almost single-handly invented the current form of it. It tends to involve characters spouting a lot of deep sounding stuff. It owes more to George Lucas and Yoda than real philosophy.

    Would agree with that in relation to the sequels and their later output but I still think the original has some good ideas within it.

    Outside of films I would highly recommend the first season of True Detective.


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    Liam McPoyle
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    Martyr's.


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    Ageyev
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    Business Cat wrote: »
    Martyr's.

    :eek:


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    Ageyev
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    Pleasantville deals with epistemology.


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