The Shawshank Redemption:
- arrival
- music – freedom of spirit – explanation after black hole-experience
Questions for group-debate:
o What is a prison – physically, mentally and symbolical ?
o How does the symbols in the film (prison, guns, hole, the mob, guards, Inspector referring to God and the Bible, cells, books, music) refer to existential circumstances in human life ?
o How do we imprison others and ourselves ? – give examples and evaluate them.
o How can we liberate others and ourselves ?
Lars and the Real Girl:
- inclusion
- accept
- tolerance
Questions for group-debate:
o How does Lars’ brother and wife and the physiatrist react to Bianca and Lars alternative behaviour ?
o What would you consider a human response to the different situations we have seen ?
o What are the values behind your considerations ?
The Fisher King:
- Jack JD: consume-relation, irresponsibility
Questions for group-debate:
o How would you characterize Jacks behaviour ?
o What values lies behind Jacks behaviour ?
o If you where Jack in the scene, how would you have behaved differently ? and why ?
- Parry makes chair for Lydia
Questions for group-debate:
o Which values does Parry express with his act and words in the scene ?
o - - - Lydia
o How does the scene affect you existentially and ethically ?
- Grand Central Station
Questions for group-debate:
o Which fundamental ground-value is the scene based on ?
o What is the symbolic meaning of the scene from your perspective ?
Lord of the Rings:
- meeting: divine power => demonizing, divisions and separation
- sacrifice
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Questions for group-debate:
o how does the different parties at the meeting address the challenge of the Ring ?
o what is the symbolic and existential meaning behind the after-meeting between Frodo and Bilbo ?
Dead Man Walking:
- inclusion – priest and sister Helen,
- responsibility – guilt – human dignity
- son of God
- forgiveness, community and cohesion
Questions for group-debate:
o How would you characterize the two positions taken by the priest and sister Helen in the first scene ?
o Why is it important for sister Helen to make Matthew realise and admit his responsibility and guilt ?
o On what basis does sister Helen make it possible for Matthew to confess ?
o How is Matthew re-included in a human community and cohesion again ?
Once were Warriors:
- language and bridging
Questions for group-debate:
o how would you characterize the words used and overall the communication between the man and woman in the scene shown ?
o which role does the ability of speak and communication play in interrelations ?
o how can words respectively be edify or decompose in a human relationship ?
o what examples from your own experience can you give on both edifying and decomposing situations ?
- piano and the melody of life
Questions for group-debate:
- what in Frau Ms behaviour opens the boy and makes him find the Melody ?
- find situations where you hold some of your fellowman’s life and happiness in your hand and discuss how to behave properly according to your values ?
- vacuuming-meeting
Questions for group-debate:
- how does Frau Münchstettner act to open and include the distant girl ?
- what act-options would you try in a similar situation ?
Djævelens advokat:
- responsibility, guild, freedom, egoism, sacrifice, temptation
Questions for group-debate:
o what is there to criticize on Kevin’s behaviour in his advocate-practise and his life-practise ? Why ?
o how/with what means does Kevin’s father / The Devil tempt him ?
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