FILM IN FOCUS: Minority Report

Steven Spielberg's Minority Report (2002) is a futuristic look at how new technologies might anticipate and prevent crimes—and how their flaws might allow terrible injustices.

Discussion Questions

After watching the clips from Minority Report, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

Question

1. In this sequence, John Anderton (Tom Cruise) orchestrates the elaborate technological pursuit of a crime about to happen. How does the editing make the activity and Anderton appear fascinating and powerful?

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Question

2. Imagine writing a short critical essay on this sequence alone. What would your thesis be?

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