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In Case You Missed Class: The Hero’s Journey in Masterpieces of Film
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In this weekly show, Dr. Todd Mack from Hillsdale College discusses the big ideas from his Hero’s Journey in Masterpieces of Film class.
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012: Gravity (2013)
May 2, 201900:10:56Tap to summarizeDr. Mack talks about the Hero’s Journey in the Alfonso Cuarón film Gravity.
Transcribe →011: Spirited Away (2001)
Apr 23, 201900:16:18Tap to summarizeDr. Mack talks about Hiyao Miyazaki’s film Spirited Away.
Transcribe →010: Life is Beautiful (1997)
Apr 16, 201900:08:31Tap to summarizeDr. Mack discusses the hero’s journey in the Italian film Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni.
Transcribe →009: Dersu Uzala (1975) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Apr 9, 201900:18:28Tap to summarizeDr. Mack talks about the Akira Kurosawa film Dersu Uzala and the Spielberg/Lucas film Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Transcribe →008: 8 1/2 (1963)
Mar 27, 201900:15:05Tap to summarizeDr. Mack discusses the hero’s journey in Federico Fellini’s 1963 film 8 1/2. There is a lot going on in this film, and it turns out it has a message worth exploring.
Transcribe →007: The Philadelphia Story (1940) and The Searchers (1956)
Mar 19, 201900:17:38Tap to summarizeDr. Mack talks about the Hero’s Journey in George Cukor’s 1940 romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story and John Ford’s 1956 western The Searchers.
Transcribe →006: La Grande Illusion (1937)
Mar 5, 201900:15:15Tap to summarizeDr. Mack discusses Jean Renoir’s 1937 masterpiece about French POWs in WWI, La Grande Illusion.
Transcribe →005: Metropolis (1927)
Feb 27, 201900:15:02Tap to summarizeDr. Mack discusses the hero’s journey in Fritz Lang’s sci-fi masterpiece from 1927, Metropolis. Which parts of the story work? Which parts fall flat?
Transcribe →004: The Kid (1921)
Feb 19, 201900:12:47Tap to summarizeDr. Mack discusses the steps of the hero’s journey in Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 masterpiece The Kid — and perhaps even helps that crazy dreamland sequence make a bit of sense.
Transcribe →003: The Hero’s Journey Part III: The Cosmogonic Cycle
Feb 13, 201900:18:45Tap to summarizeDr. Mack discusses the final part of Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces. This is the cosmogonic cycle, in which the universe comes into being, hero’s go on quests, and the universe dissolves back into nothingness.
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