... the Wachowski brothers, cinematographers have been trying to create the ultimate fantasy world that seems like it could be real. It is a new kind of realism - fictional realism. Films like Blade Runner and The Matrix create fictional worlds that we are expected to believe in for the duration of the movie. Old films such as Jason and The Argonauts (Tri-Star ... is, Bazin might argue, taken away from by this factor, but this does not have to be the case. To quote the film itself: "What is real? How do we define real?-. This is a very good point when examining Bazin's title statement, why ...

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... their radical standpoints. Socrates suffered the consequences of "corrupting the youth" by an ancient Athenian court. As a brilliant philosopher hundreds of years ahead of his civilization who was seeking to define the nature of ethics by asking seemingly awkward questions, Socrates' quest exposed the ignorance of those who believed themselves to be wise, with one of the most documented incidences being ... we, Madame, perpetually in fear and humiliated; we, proscribed by all honest folk, condemned by every law, should we be the exponents of doctrines which can only whet the sword blade...

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