Relationship III

Relationship II

Which of these problems did Charlie, Raymond, and their Father have?

Relationship

Who are the more maneuverable and less maneuverable craft among the characters we have seen?

Philosophical Elements of "Rain Man"

Elements of "Rain Man"

As we discussed the movie we listed these elements:

• Greed
• Family (relationships)
• Self-centeredness
• Journey
• Discovery
• Genius
• Self
• Entitlement
• Independence
• Capitalism
• Integrity
• Stoicism
• Existentialism

Movie List

I'm  starting a list of movies from which we might choose our four main subjects this Fall.  I have linked each to its Wikipedia.org page.  The percentages shown are the critics' ratings at Rottentomatoes.com.  Please add your suggestions in the comments area below.

• Amadeus -- 95%
• Seven Samurai -- 100%
• Lonely Are the Brave -- 90%
• The Big Sleep -- 96%
• Breaking Away -- 94% 
• The Big Lebowski -- 80% (critics), 94% (audience)
• West Side Story -- 94%
• To Kill a Mockingbird -- 92%
• Dr. Strangelove -- 99% 
• Awakenings -- 88%
• Sling Blade -- 96%
• Metropolis -- 99%
• Cool Hand Luke -- 100%
• Rififi -- 93% 
• The Oxbow Incident -- 94% 
• Ghost World -- 92%
• Breaker Morant -- 100%
• Casablanca -- 97%
• Pulp Fiction -- 93%
• The Americanization of Emily -- 100%
• Network -- 91%
• Defending Your Life -- 97%
• Chinatown -- 98%
• Unforgiven -- 95%
• The African Queen -- 100%
• Run Lola Run -- 93%
• Raise the Red Lantern -- 96%
• Rain Man --  90%

Name Tents

Let me know how you would prefer to have your name tent appear.  Give me your first name among friends and your last name.  I will try for name tents by next Friday,  September 18.

See if you can post your response as a comment immediately below.

Apologies

Please accept my most sincere apologies for the technical problems at today's opening meeting.  Although I should have expected these things, I did not.

A new laptop, a beautiful facility, and a new version of Windows do not necessarily make for an ideal technology performance.

I urge you to have guarded optimism for next week. I will try to have taken my own time to be surprised, so that I will not be imposing on your time and good will.