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Michael Haneke's Funny Games: The Philosophy Of Films

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Before I give my answer to the question of whether films can do philosophy, I should first define what doing philosophy entails. From what I see, philosophy is having a debate of sorts on a topic with either another person or with yourself. With that definition, I defiantly see how a multitude of films can do philosophy. I suppose there is one caveat I should mention: the film itself should be the one doing the philosophy, not the expositional dialogue or narration. The film could do philosophy through the plot’s progression and ending, or perhaps through a certain scene that causes us to question norms and such. Films ought to show the philosophy, not tell it.
Michael Haneke's Funny Games does philosophy as various scenes from the movie make
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