In this blog post, we’ll explore the message of freedom and healing hidden behind chocolate’s sweetness, and discuss why the change Vianne brings to the village resonates so deeply in our own lives. Why ‘Chocolat’? Children usually love chocolate immensely. Its rich, intense sweetness, rarely found in everyday life, thoroughly stimulates their taste buds. But honestly, I never...
The Iron Lady: Were Margaret Thatcher’s Principles True Leadership?
This blog post examines whether the principles Margaret Thatcher upheld throughout her life and her resolute decisions truly constituted the conditions of genuine leadership, as depicted in the film The Iron Lady. It also delves deeply into the impact and significance of her choices. The film ‘The Iron Lady’, chronicling the life of Margaret Thatcher—the UK’s first female Prime...
How does love sustain a journey of identity in the film The Danish Girl?
This blog post explores how love serves as a pillar of support during a journey of self-discovery in the film The Danish Girl, examining how the relationship between two people sustained each other through change. ‘The Danish Girl’ tells the story of someone striving to become their whole self. The fact that this is a true story makes it resonate even more deeply, portraying a person who...
The Danish Girl: Why is the path to finding one’s true self so painful?
This blog post follows Lily’s painful journey of self-discovery depicted in the film The Danish Girl, deeply exploring why the quest for identity demands life’s greatest courage and love. The Danish Girl depicts the moving journey of Aina (Lily), who overcomes confusion about her gender identity to find her true self, showcasing remarkable courage. When I first saw the poster...
The Father (How Does Dementia Change Identity?)
The film ‘The Father’ poses profound philosophical questions about identity, selfhood, and human existence through the confusion of memory and distortion of time caused by dementia, depicting a story that explores the changing self and identity brought about by dementia. The film unfolds from the perspective of Anthony, an elderly father experiencing dementia, employing a nonlinear...
How does ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ interpret contemporary art?
In this blog post, we delve deeply into the essence of contemporary art and its consumption patterns through the film ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’. Exit Through The Gift Shop—the title itself provoked a lot of thought. Starting with the question of why a gift shop appears in the title, and why the director chose such a film title? The meaning the title carries in the film is immense, so...
Why did Billy choose ballet over boxing?
In this blog post, we explore why Billy, a boy from a coal mining town, chose ballet over boxing, and the significance of his choice. In 1984, a boy named Billy Elliot lives in a coal mining village in County Durham, England, with his miner father, his older brother Tony Elliot, and his grandmother, who has dementia. The miners in the village are currently on strike, and Billy is forced to...
The Act of Killing: Why Did the Film Portray the Mass Murderers as Heroes?
This blog post examines the societal structure that elevates mass murderers to heroes and the hidden violence of power behind it, using the film The Act of Killing as a lens. During the 1965 coup in Indonesia, the military regime secretly murdered over a million communists, intellectuals, and ethnic Chinese under the pretext of ‘anti-communism’. This tragedy, an organized state-sponsored...