Theme: “What is a thing? What is the difference between people and things?” with a focus on identity, commodification, alienation, and even AI

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Films (in order): Wen Muye, “Dying to Survive” (2018) Spike Jonze, “Her” (2013) Hayao Miyazaki, “The Boy and the Heron” (2023)