Ethical Issues In The Film The Emerald Forest

“The Emerald Forest” is a movie produced by John Boorman in 1985 and based on a true story in the Brazilian Rainforest. The film is a about Tommy, a young boy, quickly and silently taken away by a tribe in the Amazon called, The Invisible People. His dad then, spends 10 years searching for him and eventually succeeds after running into a war party with another tribe called, The Fierce People -enemies of the invisible people- who pursue him. They finally meet by chance, but the boy refuses to go back to his original family and civilization and explains that he belongs to the forest now. The father couldn't understand the choice made by Tommy and asks the chief of the tribe to order the boy to

This movie explores issues of greed, human relationships, betrayal and redemption, personal innocence and responsibility as well as the effects on the human mind

Hollywood’s early depictions of Natives consisted of tribesmen and noble savages who are in tune with Nature. Films such as The Silent Enemy portray these stereotypes on screen with actors like Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance being shown as tribesmen who are very noble Natives. Although these stereotypes are positive, they are still stereotypes nonetheless. These stereotypes have caused

Into the Woods is a famous musical. It premiered on Broadway in 1987 and has been performed over 700 times before ending in 1989. The musical is a collection of fairytales from authors Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and Charles Perrault and put together in a story with music and lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim and dialogue written by James Lapine. The musical incorporates characters from fairytales such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel and recreates their stories in one storyline.

This movie is a great example of social groups, leadership, culture, norms, society, nature and nurture, and social lives. This movie represents how the American culture chooses our social class in society. Some sociologists believed that lifestyle choices are an important influence on our social class position (Giddens, 209). Our class position is the way we dress, where we eat, where we sleep, and how we relax (Giddens,

This film highlights the flaws of humanity in a western world. The films ability to touch on topics of classism, prostitution, and alcoholism makes the content mature and unlike typical western films. This revolutionary and innovative western created a foundation for many future films. The sophistication of the content, and lack of adherence to the production code makes this film an “adult”

Many believe that Secondhand Lions (2003) is about action and adventure, but the essence of the film lies deeper. It is a coming-of-age movie written and directed by Tim McCanlies. The movie is about an adolescent boy named Walter, who develops trust over the course of a summer. Walter’s irresponsible mother, Mae, leaves him with his two great-uncles who resurfaced in Texas after forty years of adventuring through Africa. The acting, mise-en-scene and cinematography presented in the three images I have chosen are central to the essence of the film. The discourse of these images reveals how the theme of trust develops throughout the story.

The reasons for cannibalism have varied. Sometimes there was simply limited food. Some groups liked the taste of human flesh. However, mostly the reasons had to do with revenge or punishment for crimes, ceremony and ritual, or magic. Some victorious tribes ate their dead enemies to absorb their strength. In come rituals, the deceased were eaten by relatives, as a manner of reverence or honor for their ancestors, or as a desire for the soul of the dead to be reborn in the body of the consumer. This is called endocannablism.

Life on the reservation is similar to life in poor neighborhoods. There is a cycle of drinking alcohol and drug abuse on a daily basis. In these poor neighborhoods and on the reservation, children do not have good influences to look up to. There is violence, gangs, and drug abuse. A young girl in the movie was smoking a cigarette around adults. No one said anything; they allowed it to happen. A teenage boy in the movie, Kevin, reminds me of teenagers in my community. He stated that young lives are ruined because there is no good influence (The Seventh Fire). That is true because these boys look up to gangsters. Kevin looks up to a well-known gangster on the reservation, Rob. He sells drugs and participates in crimes to become the most powerful

     This film presents an individual that chooses not to conform to modern society, and the consequences of that choice. The main character

These people begin to have an ambivalent and guilty attitude towards what the taboo is actually inhibiting. They secretly, internally, unconsciously, love the idea of the prohibited act but ultimately feel guilty if they violate the tribal laws. This ambivalence

There are age related conflicts, cultural conflicts, religious conflicts and value based conflicts.  This movie is a film highlighting many cultural conflicts.  These conflicts continuously erupt in a working class Michigan neighborhood.  We will first examine a scene with religious cultural conflict. In the same scene we will see age based cultural conflict as well.  Next, we will examine a racial cultural conflict between the Hmong people and an American. After examining cultural conflicts, we will show two examples of popular culture in the film.  Then, we will provide the conflict management styles we would have employed to bring the same result as the current ending without the bloodshed and a general opinion of the film.

The review of this movie is based on sociological matters that are outshined in the film and touch on the lives of the individuals, their way of living, morals, behavior and cultural aspects. The film is set in a real society and concentrating much on social issues of the society more than the economic, technological and political status of this society based in New York.

Ruggero Deodato’s 1980 Cannibal Holocaust is arguably the most controversial film to date. The film’s plot consists of two distinct stories that are continually presented differently than their actual timeline; however, directly influence each other. The movie follows the demise of four ruthless documentary filmmakers: Alan Yates, Faye Daniels, Jack Anders and Mark Tomaso, as they adventure into the Amazon Rainforest in order to capture footage of primitive cannibal tribes. As the audience finds out in the beginning of the film, the documentarians have yet to return, prompting the second and present timeline of the movie, the story of New York University anthropologist, Dr. Harold Monroe. Dr. Monroe leads a rescue party into the Amazon

First I will present a basic breakdown of the movie including: who the characters are, their roles, and plot summary. Next, I will present the arguments in regards to the theories of Utilitarianism and virtue theory, and how the film and characters conveyed them. From here I will show the breakdown of the meta-ethical aspects of the film in regards to human nature and how evil attempts to triumph over good. I will conclude by summarizing how these characters had complete disregard for ethics and their own morals.