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Flatliners Essay

The story behind the movie Flatliners is very deep. On the surface Flatliners can be taken as a normal psychological-horror film. The mysteries of death compel the five medical students (Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, and Oliver Platt) in Flatliners to experiment with their own mortality by putting each other in a suspended animation like state. Delving deeper into the film the viewer can see that the film also reflects issues of ethics, spirituality and on existential questions. The death experiences of the five main characters suggest to the viewer that there is a life after death.

The biggest and most obvious existential question asked in Faltliners is simply "Is there life after death." All of the characters that experienced the brain death all concluded that there was something beyond. Dave Labraccio the atheist of the group saw mountains, flashbacks of his former life and even a girl he picked on as a child. When Joe was brought back to life he told the group that he felt a good presence guiding him through his dream like state. The movie tries to suggest to the viewer that there is something beyond life. However