Philosophy

2010 - Christopher Nolan

One of the main areas in this style concerns serious subject matters of philosophy. One of the biggest questions of life is that what we perceive from the world and how we perceive them. A question that pretty much exists since Aristotle. Is that the real world that we see, smell, taste and feel? Or is there a different one beyond that? Is the truth what we live or what we dream?

The questions which humankind could never really give an answer to concern life, death and  beyond that. The skepticism which view doubts everything incuding our very own existence had been discussed by such great authors as Descartes (18th century). In modern art and literature there is also a significant amount written about psychology (Freud), especially those on the fragmented mind, the unconscious, the schizophrenic double/triple/etc. personality and the animal instincts of humans. These revolutionary thoughts and discoveries shocked the contemporary audience.

Fight Club (1999)

And the boomerang has flung back quite recently in the last few decades. Many movies (even blockbusters) were built around the subject such as the Matrix Trilogy (by the Wachowski Brothers), Fight Club (1999, David Fincher) or Inception (2010, Chrisopher Nolan).

 They all cover subject matters such as the connection of public and individual, morals and instincts, conscious and unconscious mind. A strong criticism of 'American dream' life can also be discovered in them.