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=The Movie List=

Here's a list of recommended recent movies that you can use to explore cinematic representations of the problem of happiness.   You can also use this list on a slow Thursday or weekend night.  I'm not sure all of these will work for an individual paper, but I'll make notes about the ones I know about. Please look at the assignment description for advice on how to do a movie reflection paper. Feel free to add your thoughts on these movies or suggest others.

The first nine are solid.&#160; Add your own suggestions and we'll talk: 

#13 Conversations about One Thing - Should almost be required viewing.
#Amelie - Excellent at capturing the subtlety of a form of state-happiness that is often overlooked. FOLEY
#Crash - CHASTEK
#American Beauty - Good for both cultural critique of forms of American happiness and for state-happiness. FOLEY
#Lost in Translation 
#About Schmidt - Excellent for issues of meaningfulness. 
#Life is Beautiful - Raises profound questions about how we respond to evil in maintaining happiness.
#Groundhog Day - Makes a philosophically interesting case for perfectionism and happiness. Spokane Public Library
#21 grams -- important reflection on death.  Referenced in our death class resources.  Spokane Public Library
#Broken Flowers 
#The Pusuit of Happyness
#Mary and Max
#Last Night
#Spring Forward
#Everything is Illuminated



I'm not sure that next ones will work, even though some of them are really good movies:</p>

#Lost Horizon 
#The Family Man
#It's a Wonderful Life - a classic with a good message, but let's skip it, ok?


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