Chapter 4 Film and Philosophy

    I am a person that love Philosophy, so I enjoyed reading about the connection between film and philosophy. While in High School I took a lot of Philosophy classes but I never before learned about philosophy and its connection with film. While reading the chapter 4 I immediately thought about films that I have watched and that are connected with Philosophy. One example is the film the Seventh Seal from the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.

    This film was my on my to watch movies list for a long time until I decided to watch it. I have mixed feeling about the film, it is not my favorite one by I like it. The Seventh Seal is a film of a huge importance for the history of film. The film is considered as classic of cinema and as one of the greatest movies of all time. It is very unusual film which story focuses on the journey of a medieval knight Max and a game of chess that he plays with the Death who has come to take his life. 

    The connection between the film and philosophy is explained very well in this film. This film covers very complicated topics and philosophical issues such as the afterlife, the existence or hell, God, the religion, the place of God and religion in the human heart, whether the God is silent of the human suffering and death especially because of the Black Death in that period. In my opinion there is not another film that explained the issues of evil, philosophy of religion and existentialism better than this film. I recommend watching this film especially if you are someone interested in getting answers for philosophical problems and questions.