The poetry of the "Dead Poets Society"

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2019)

Dead Poets Society is a beautiful drama movie that won the Best Screenplay Academy Award in 1989. The movie was written by Tom Schulman and directed by Peter Weir. Tom Schulman is graduated in philosophy and because of this the screenplay presents important reflections about the life.
Robin Williams interprets John Keating, the new English teacher of a traditional school. The difference between John Keating and the other teachers of this school is the way he uses the English poetry to inspire his students to create and think by themselves. In the first class, he talked about "Carpe Diem", a Latin expression that means seize the day.
John Keating is an important character, but the students are the focus of the plot. The poetry change the relationship between themselves and their families. Some students who were oppressed by their parent plans and expectations stars to plan their own dreams and to live their own loves.
The Dead Poets Society is like an art and philosophy's manifest. It is a sensitive and necessary movie to be watched in nowadays. The utilitarian ideology doesn't recognizes the value of the poetry, the romance and the love, but these things give meaning and purpose to our lives, help us to see the world in a different way. We can't live without it!