As always, interesting perspective. I love that movie and some of my colleagues think I am crazy for liking such an old movie but it is one of the greatest movies.
Another movie that I had recommended (and would recommend to someone like you) is Thank you for Smoking. It lays out eloquently what media can do to us without us realizing and the value of human life from 'corporates' view point(not in a conspiracy theory way).
We do not see the world with eyes, we see it with minds and what is mind? A mish-mash-pile of memories. These memories are always filled with familiarity, because we always cling to the familiar.
If in the arena of 'our familiarity' something is believed to be true - we tend to see the world with those lenses. For example, if you are raised by parents who believe certain ethnic group are 'bad people', you are likely to carry that until the day you actually get to KNOW 'otherwise' on your experience and a NEW memory is added which changes the 'view' of your mind.
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I don't know many black/white movies, but that one is good for the psychology/morality. Good story, all you need is 12 people and one room :)
Yeah I saw that Eckhart movie years ago. I'll have to see about watching it again, thanks ;)
We are definitely social conditioned by the current condition of the environment we are in, parents, friends, media, etc. That's why until we live the self-examined life, reflection, contemplation, then we are not really living life ourselves but are running of unconscious automated conditioned influences that we have not questioned and verified ourselves. Thanks for the feedback.