THIS EXCITING TALK IS DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT THE STAGGERING YET OFTEN OVERLOOKED INFLUENCES BEHIND MANY POPULAR MOVIES AND IN TURN, THE INFLUENCES MOVIES HAVE ON BOTH POP CULTURE AND THE SCIENTIFIC , PHILOSOPHICAL, RELIGIOUS, LEGAL AND ETHICAL COMMUNITY. YET THE HISTORICAL , BIBLICAL, AND MYTHOLOGICAL INFLUENCES BEHIND THESE FILMS IS RARELY REALIZED OR ACKNOWLEDGED.
AS SUCH IT WILL BE POINTED OUT HOW FILM HAS ACTED AS A CONDUIT FOR HISTORY, BIBLICAL THEMES, MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTORS AND QUITE IMPORTANTLY, HISTORICAL TECHNOLOGY; ALL OF WHICH IS THEN RE-SPUN OR REINTRODUCED INTO MODERN CULTURE WHERE INFLUENCES OUR PERCEPTION OF THE FUTURE... AND HOW IT SHOULD LOOK.
THE STAR WARS FILMS, LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS, MAXTRIX TRILOGY, E.T. AND OTHER SCIENCE FICTIONI AND FANTASY FILMS ARE HEAVILY DISCUSSED AS THEIR IMPACT UPON OUR CULTURE IS SIGNIFICANT.
TO THE FASCINATION OF VIEWERS, THE PROGRAM WILL RELY HEAVILY UPON AND FEATURE NUMEROUS ORIGINAL FILM COSTUMES AND PROPS AS WELL AS PAINSTAKING REPRODUCTIONS --ALL OF WHICH OFTEN SERVE AS TANGIBLE EXAMPLES OF THESE INTERTWINED INFLUENCES.
HOW FILM -IN TURN- INFLUENCES MODERN CULTURE, RELIGION, SCIENCE, & TECHNOLOGY
Left: Star Wars Imperial Guard. Right: Greek costume & helmet
Top: Star Wars "Jango Fett"
Below: 14th century armor
Left: 15h century Gothic gauntlet Right: Lord of the Rings Nazgul Ringwraith gauntlet
Left: 15h century barbute helmet Center: Star Wars Boba Fett Right: another 15th century barbute helmet
Rebelling in the wild, wild west...or just a rebel in a galaxy far, far away.
Far Left: Billy the Kid, aka the gunslinging outlaw / anti-hero amidst the untamed 'wild west' and Right: Han Solo the self-serving smuggler surviving in the underbelly of a corrupt Imperial galaxy...
Clothing highly reminscent of Asian robes.
Far Left: Japanese man next to RIght, Obi-wan Kenobi.
Clothing designed to illicit fears of hatred and facism:
Far Left: Nazi officer RIght, Imperial Officer
An Elengant weapon: Below Left: Japanese Katana Below RIght, a Lightsaber
