ITF Read & Watch: Minority Report (1956 short story & 2002 film)

Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 3:53 p.m.

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Philip K. Dick\\u2019s short story \\u201cThe Minority Report\\u201d led eventually to a Steven Spielberg adaptation nearly 50 years after it was written, but was the adaptation an improvement on the original? In episode 123, Luke & James discuss both versions before coming to a consensus on which was the superior telling of this Sci-Fi thriller of precognition and the existence of free will.

Topics Include: PKD\\u2019s prose style, what was left unsaid in the story, Spielberg\\u2019s homages, the effectiveness of the unique look of the film\\u2019s cinematography, Tom Cruise\'s range, security vs. freedom, free will vs. determinism, the ethics of "precrime," and three dramatically different readings of the film\'s ending.

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Intro/outro music:\\xa0Ross Bugden \\u2013 Revelation

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