Philosophy in film. Visual & Performing Arts Movie Review

Surrealism: Investigating Reality

Movie : o David Lynch, Mullholand Drive

Reading: o Nelson Goodman, “The Way the World Is”

Reading: o Maurice Merleau-Ponty, “Film and New Psychology”

Question:  Does film represent the way the world is?



EACH RESPONSE NEEDS TO:

1) have a title

2) answer the question.

3) bold main claim (otherwise known as a thesis)

4) have a beginning (introduces the text you are writing about and the topic), a middle (the

bulk of the paper where you make an argument), and an end (where you tell me what you

wrote about).

5) analyze at least one quotation from the text.

6) cite quotations properly (Plato, Republic, 430a2).

7) be broken into multiple paragraphs that communicate a thought and build on each other to

argue for your claim. This should look like a mini-paper.

8) be no longer than 400 words.

9) reference readings and the film.



Please remember mentions the reading. The reading is more important than the movie.



The focus point should be the reading, DO NOT repeat the movie plot.