Take a film conversation beyond a verdict. A specific disagreement about a scene usually opens more possibilities than a disagreement over whether a title deserves a single score.

Three questions to begin

  1. Which choice would make this film unmistakable even without its title?
  2. Where does sound, performance or an effect do something dialogue cannot?
  3. What second film would reveal a different side of the same idea?

Try the questions on Zardoz, May or Robot Jox. Each gives an extravagant premise a different human problem. This is a reading and discussion guide; it does not display member posts.