This excerpt from the film "The Ox-Bow Incident" shows that adults too can make the same rash mistakes as the children had made in the "Lord of the Flies" clip we saw last class. When some evidence seems to indicate that a certain group of men stole cattle, a mob mentality develops among the offended and the locals that escalates to the point of killing the men without proper trial.
This second clip, from the same movie as above, shows the last letter of one of the innocent men being read to the members of the mob who killed him. In it, the author questions man's search for control and touches upon the question of (T/t)ruth:
And finally, this is a music video that seems to affirm the idea that a lack of control (or of choice) breeds a type of hopelessness in the one who maintains that mindset:
Oh, man...that "Popeye" clip brought back some memories, and not all of them good! Popeye, however, is grounded and has knowledge of self in that "I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam."
ReplyDeleteNothing more, nothing less. Popeye is, along with Winnie the Pooh, embodiments of Taoism.
I enjoyed the music video, I think the use of the machine was perfect for the "fool-proof plan." And when each band member's head was dropped on the conveyor belt their faces morphed into another face (or idea/plan). Yet in the end nothing really came of it all.
ReplyDeletewow--these videos slipped past me earlier. Great contribution--Thanks!
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