Starship Troopers and Plato’s Republic: The Pop Philosophy of Paul Verhoeven Dan Shaw June 2017 CTEQ Annotations on Film It is a mark of my perspective as a philosopher that what struck me initially about Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997) were its similarities to what Plato called a Timocracy in his Republic, a society rul...
The Fountainhead Dan Shaw August 2013 CTEQ Annotations on Film From Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to Dave, most mainstream Hollywood films that deal with politics have delivered a populist message. Not so with the film version of Ayn Rand’s hit novel The Fountainhead, which...
The Big Heat Dan Shaw February 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Big Heat (1953 USA 89 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Columbia Pictures Prod: Robert Arthur Dir: Fritz Lang Scr: Sidney Boehm, from the novel by William P. McGivern Phot: Charles Lang, Jr. Ed: Charles N...
Sergei Eisenstein Dan Shaw February 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film, Feature Articles b. January 23,1898, Riga, Latvia d. February 11, 1948, Moscow, USSR filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources With Eisenstein, you confront a demonic, baroque visual theatricality, h...
Verhoeven, Paul Dan Shaw January 2003 Great Directors b. July 18, 1938, Amsterdam, Netherlands filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Dutch director Paul Verhoeven is seen by some as the epitome of how Hollywood destroys true artist...
Lang, Fritz Dan Shaw October 2002 Great Directors b. Friedrich Christian Lang b. December 5, 1890, Vienna, Austria d. August 2, 1976, Hollywood, California filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Fritz Lang grew up in fin de si...
