ALL756-C 12 Weeks Fridays 1:00-4:00 Start Date 31-Jan
Grossman 106 Limit 20
This course explores some of the great ideas of both Eastern and Western thought. To understand the ideas as best we can, we will view and discuss six classic American films that illustrate them: The Matrix, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Groundhog Day, High Noon, Double Indemnity and On the Waterfront. No previous knowledge of philosophy is required, but a love of films and a desire to improve critical thinking about them is. *Class times will vary in length. Those classes in which we introduce a topic will be 90 minutes (weeks 1,3,5,7,9,11). Those classes in which we view and discuss the film will be three hours (weeks 2,4,6,8,10,12).
Coordinator: Tom Gotsill 
Tom taught literature, philosophy and humanities on the secondary level for 40 years. He also taught graduate courses at Northeastern University. He is a writer whose work can be found at www.tomgotsill.com.
Here Tom tells us about his upcoming course “Philosophy and Film.”