Story of Humanity Retold

Humans are mythologizing and "world-building creatures." We appropriate elements from our past and present to fashion epic narratives and myths for a variety of existential, sociological, and religious ends. Humans do not come into the world with a given relationship to it; we create our purpose and impose our significance upon the world.
James Ford, Ph.D.
Films, like stories, more often than not deal with universal truths which audiences can relate to. Fictional or not, films portray characters who become real as we identify with their fears and failures, sorrows and successes. …