Roy Collin's Macrobiotic Video List Originally Published 2000
In the following list of films we find themes dealing with hope when it is least expected, change when we think our paths have ended, love growing from hate, the beauty of uncomplicated living, the power that food has over us, different perspectives of life from other cultures, the pitting of good against evil, and the offering of new ideas when old ones seem useless. Quite often we gain this insight when roles are reversed or when there are obvious contrasts in the way people live and see. I believe in all of the following films one will find a number of psychological elements that will cause the spirit to lift and the mind to expand.
1. Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 1990
2. All the Mornings of the World 1992
3. Altered States1980
4. Angel at my Table, An 1991
5. Apocalypse Now 1979
6. Babette's Feast 1987
7. Blade Runner 1982
8. Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992
9. Breaking Away 1979
10. Brother Sun, Sister Moon 1973
11. Burmese Harp 1956
12. Captains Courageous 1937
13. Chariot's of Fire 1981
14. Cinema Paradiso 1989
15. Cry in the Dark 1988
16. Dances With Wolves 1990
17. Deerhunter, The 1978
18. Dersu Uzala 1975
19. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands 1978
20. Don't Look Back 1967
21. Dragon : The Bruce Lee Story 1993
22. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1932
23. Elephant Man, The 1980
24. Elvira Madigan 1967
25. Europa, Europa! 1991
26. Fiddler on the Roof 1971
27. Gallipoli 1981
28. Gandhi 1982
29. Glory 1989
30. Gods Must be Crazy, The 1984
31. Gulliver's Travels 1932
32. Green Card 1993
33. Harold and Maude 1971
34. Hidden, The 1987
35. Horseman on the Roof 1996
36. I'll Fly Away Home 1997
37. Incredible Shrinking Man 1957
38. Irezumi: Spirit of Tattoo 1983
39. Ju Dou 1991
40. Karate Kid, The 1984
41. Kwaidan 1964
42. Killing Fields, The 1984
43. King of Hearts 1967
44. King Kong 1933
45. Lady in White 1988
46. Last of the Mohicans, The 1992
47. Lawrence of Arabia 1962
48. Legends of the Fall 1994
49. Letter to Brezhnev 1985
50. Life is Beautiful 1998
51. Little Big Man 1970
52. Like Water for Chocolate 1992
53. Little Buddha 1995
54. Lorenzo's Oil 1992
55. Lust For Life 1956
56. Man for all Season's, A 1966
57. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein 1994
58. Masculine-Feminine 1966
59. Midnight Express 1978
60. Milagro Beanfield War, The 1988
61. Moby Dick 1956
62. Modern Times 1936
63. Never Cry Wolf 1983
64. Of Human Bondage 1964
65. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
66. Paths of Glory 1957
67. Patton 1970
68. Powder 1995
69. Quest For Fire 1982
70. Rainman 1988
71. Red Badge of Courage 1956
72. Reds 1981
73. Red Balloon 1956
74. Romeo and Juliet 1968
75. Savage is Loose, The 1974
76. Saving Grace 1986
77. Serpent and the Rainbow 1987
78. Seven Samurai 1954
79. Seven Years in Tibet 1998
80. Seventh Sign 1988
81. Shane 1953
82. Shadow of the Hawk 1976
83. Silkwood 1983
84. Soylent Green 1973
85. Squanto: A Warrior's Tale 1994
86. Starman 1984
87. Sweet Hereafter, The 1998
88. Ten Commandments, The 1956
89. Thing, The 1982
90. Thousand Clowns, A 1965
91. Tomorrow 1971
92. Two Women 1961
93. 2001: A space Odyssey 1968
94. Ugetsu 1953
95. Witness 1985
96. Wizard of Oz, The 1939
97. World, the Flesh and the Devil, The 1959
98. Women in Love 1969
99. Woman in the Dunes 1964
Here are some questions you might want to try to answer while the film is in progress (just for fun):
1) What is the point of view of the director/author? Does this point of view agree or disagree with any of the characters' attitudes or with your own?
2) What is your personal reaction to the film? Parts you liked best/least in the film?
3) Who are the two main characters in the film and how are they alike or different?
4) What is the main character's dilemna and how does he/she overcome it?
5) What is the general social climate and how does it affect the character's judgment?
6) What other people or events are crucial to the success (or demise) of the main character's goal?
7) Does this movie have the similar thematic content as another movie, book or other work of art?
8) Do you find any symbolism, allegorical (religious) references, or familiar archetypes in the film?
9) Are there other elements going on in the film that make additional difficulties for the main character to overcome? If so, please point them out.
10) At exactly what point (if any) does the main character alter his/her course of thinking in order to accomplish his/her goals? If there is not a climatic point of view, is there a resolution of attitude?
11) Is there an awakening to a higher consciousness by the main character? Is this "awakening" something you have ever experienced, or something that needs to be realized today on a global scale?
12) From the "twelve theorems" and "7 principles" of the old text school of macrobiotic learning, how many of these can you readily point to in this film? Please list them.
Author of Fire Over Heaven.
On the Origin, interpretations, and
Evolution of the Yin/Yang Dialectic and I Ching Details Here
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