Religious Studies 1033A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Existentialism
25 May 2017
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This is a new type of hollywood cinema: violence, sex, etc. started to become common in movie. For the past decades, it been frowned upon by studious. This goes along with the new wave of european films that questioned conventional faith, had complex narratives and displayed moral ambiguity. This film is in noir style; jazz, expressionistic cinematography, night scenes, street scenes. Travis was the alienated character, just like bill from groundhog day. Raises questions regarding existentialism: its question of our existence, the meaning of life, questions forms of morality, and the reasons why we act in certain ways. Travis is a sort of anti-hero: he kills bad people, but also makes sinful decisions. Travis believed the women in the movie that he met were sullied : sullied meaning that they are defiling their purity; they are being sullied by the.
