THE PLANET OF THE APES (1968 -- The Damn Original!!!)
Many people believe the year 1968 was the most volatile year in American history. Student protest over Vietnam began to reach its zenith. People were beginning to question the authority of the government in ways they had never done so before. Peopole began to believe that the US government was actually lying to its population.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy were both assassinated within two months of each other. The Black Panthers were formed believing that there was no peaceful way whites in society were going to give up their power and offer blacks and other minorities justice. Other problems like pollution, the population explosion, the continued Cold War with the Soviets had people seriously believing that the human race was on the edge of destruction.
This film acts as a wonderful metaphor. Choose some aspect of the film and discuss how culture relates to it. Analyze DEEPLY how the very idea of culture is portrayed in this film and how it affects our psychology. What "truths" are revealed about "human" nature? Explore all the parallels you see in this film to our lives and psychology.
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