Posted: April 28th, 2016

What is the role of society?

Just as some books
are preserved and regarded as having had obvious effects on society (such as Lolita,
Lord of the Flies, and Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984),
there have been a number of films that we look back upon which have clearly had
cultural resonance, or became part of a social dialogue we’re perhaps still
engaged with today (see Figure 9.1 of the text). Our text tells us that “the
impact of these movies is mostly unintentional” and that there is debate about
whether the movies caused a societal shift, or if a change in the culture
caused the movie to be created (see page 262).

The text also says that the exact nature
of this exchange “is up to you to decide.” For this Discussion, please provide
detailed examples of at least two films you have seen that you feel have either
influenced society, or were directly influenced from an event that we
collectively experienced.

Keep in mind that some of the films listed are documentaries, and have
different structures and intentions than a typical narrative film.