tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post108610633405126605..comments2024-03-26T12:23:35.307-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: Can Movies Teach Moral Philosophy?Stuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-77798699578586297652011-04-17T18:30:47.379-05:002011-04-17T18:30:47.379-05:00Consider Wabi-sabi. It's an ancient Japanese p...Consider Wabi-sabi. It's an ancient Japanese philosophy with roots in Zen, revering austerity, nature and the everyday. Fudge 44 expertly showed how the wabi way of tea (wabichado) grew out of a backlash to that, championed by a master so powerful that his style is practiced to this day. It's what you want to check out...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jac2-XMGd1wgrahamjones.iehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149036120039484588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1086485485167569142004-06-05T20:31:00.000-05:002004-06-05T20:31:00.000-05:00Now, now. I didn't say that was his only movie th...Now, now. I didn't say that was his only movie that had comedic elements or humor in it. But "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was purely a comedy -- no action, adventure, suspense, murder, mystery, etc.Stuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1086408066937029002004-06-04T23:01:00.000-05:002004-06-04T23:01:00.000-05:00"Hitchcock's one comedy"? C'mon, there's more tha..."Hitchcock's one comedy"? C'mon, there's more than one. "Norht By Northwest", "The 39 Steps", "The Trouble With Harry", "Rear Window"-- I think you could make a decent argument that The Master made mostly comedies, at least in the classic definition of the term.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100176174975448724noreply@blogger.com