For the Research Report, I have chosen the film Minority Report. The basic plot centers around John Anderton of the Washington D.C. Precrime Division in the year 2054. Precrime has, at the point of the film, been around for 6 years and the main goal is to stop every single homicide. The way that this happens is with the use of "precognitives;" three people who are able to see the future. In the process of fighting this future crime, Chief Anderton is framed for a murder that hasn't happened yet. He flees and slowly uncovers a conspiracy involving the nature of precrime, precognition and the man who runs the division.
Minority Report can be categorized as a dystopia. The society of this film has found a way to stop murders before they happen; which may seem like a utopia in the making. However, the precrime system is deeply flawed and easily manipulated. In this technologically advanced world of eye scanners, autopilot cars, and holographic projectors, there remains the factor of human imperfection. Beneath a shining exterior, the seedy fallibility of man feeds and nurtures an ever inadequate society.
This film works well with the Reader-Response Criticism since the film can have many different interpretations and directions for understanding. Each person will interpret the theme or moral in a slightly different way and come to a slightly different conclusion. There are some aspects of the film that could tie to Marxism or even Feminism, but because the film seems to center around our perceptions of society and possible future, the viewer's P.O.V drastically changes their reception.
Resources are not hard to find and I'm sure there will be very interesting analyses of this film. I am excited to delve deeper into both the explicit and implicit messages of the film and apply them to my experiences, belief systems and my concept of society.
Nice choice, I really liked that movie too. So have you chosen Reader-Response Criticism? One interesting thought for Marxist criticism is examining the extreme hierarchy set in place in this movie, and how those in power abuse it over those beneath them. Either way, should be an interesting paper!
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