Movies: Allegory of the cave

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth....

Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls h...

In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato ponders: what would happen if one of the prisoners managed to free themselves from their chains and escape from the cave? What if that prisoner were Jay, a little 7-year-old boy?...

Jeo, aided by Finkeus, must follow the fat rabbit, unlock the secrets of enlightenment, and face against the evil Agent Travis in this allegorical parody film. Created in September 2021 for the Philosophy Honors course at Bethel Park High School....

An excerpt from Plato's Republic, the 'Allegory of the Cave' is a classic commentary on the human condition. It is an example of the philosophical underpinnings of Lovecraft's thought and fiction. Fans of cosmic horror should have no trouble discerni...

Pedro Luca Mamani is an 80-year-old hermit who has lived in a cave in the mountains of Tucumán, Argentina, since he was 30 years old. His life is an incredible alchemy between his amazing ideas about the outside world and his natural universe. Throug...