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Cinema is frequently ignored or misunderstood by the more educated as a trivial form of popular culture. This talk takes some of the significant films in world cinema and expounds on how cinema in the 20th century could parallel great literature of the past in shedding insights about the human condition. Cinema offers a way to open up essential thoughts and understanding on existential dilemmas and ambiguities that are largely ignored in the current technologically driven, trade-centered culture. Clips from internationally significant films will be shown. 

電影常常被較高知識水平的人士忽視或誤解為一種微不足道的流行文化。是次講座劉教授將會跟大家談到一些顯著的電影，並闡述20世紀的電影如何像過往的偉大文學作品一樣，活現出人類的生存條件，並有助展示當前以科技驅動和以貿易為中心的文化下，被大大忽略的生存本質上的困境和不可確定性。是次講座將會播出一些重要的國際電影片段。