Discuss how these films use existing religious traditions to conceive of knowledge:Which religious texts, teachings, or ideas receive explicit or implicit recognition in these films? How are the references to these texts/teachings/ideas worked into the dialogue, plot, or imagery of these films?
The first several films in this course (The Matrix, A Serious Man, The Seventh Seal) revolve around the question of knowledge — what can be known, what cannot, and how people attempt to reconcile one with the other. Each film uses religious traditions of different types (and in different ways) to examine the relationship between […]