Dead
Poets Society
(1989)
- Information at Internet
Movie Database
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"Peter Weir and
the Theme of Salvation," Doug Kimball, TheFilmForum:
Christian Conversation about the Movies.
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Review, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Health -
Spiritual Practices for Human Being.
- Themes
- Authority
- Prof Keating influences the boys' lives as he
teaches under a higher authority than the one attempting to keep
order the school.
- Call
- Todd, Neil and the other students are
"called" by Prof Keating to "seize the day" and
they re-form the Dead Poets Society.
- Institutional Evil
- Symbolized by the
uniformity of the school and by Neil's father's insistence that his
son go to medical school.
- Integrity/Honor
- Keating keeps his integrity through opposition, and
encourages his students to do the same.
- Rebirth
- Through Keating's enthusiasm and "evangelism",
the Dead Poet's Society is re-formed.
- Sacrifice,
Resurrection
- Keating?s disciples are questioned
and pressured into signing a confession, all set into motion by a
betraying Judas who tells the other students "save
yourselves." Keating?s regeneration comes in the final scene,
when the disciples engage in a demonstration which affirms his
impact on their lives. ("The
Messianic Figure in Film: Christology Beyond the Biblical
Epic," Matthew Mc Ever, Journal of Religion and Film,
1998)
- Teacher
- Prof Keating influences the boys' lives as he
teaches under a higher authority than the one attempting to keep
order the school.
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