Critique of Anthropocentric Disposition in Lasse Hallstrom’s Hachiko
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This paper examines the anthropocentric attitude on the movie Hachiko by
Less Hells tromandestablishes the possibility of ethical relationship with non-human
beings. This movie critiques the anthropocentric view of a human beings which put
human beings at the centre of this eco-system. Similarly this movie put forward the
idea of equality of all living beings like that of a dog, human being and all other living
being in this planet. This paper analyzes the anthropocentric disposition in the movie.
It has used ecocritical perspective of Peter Singer and Val Plum wood.Their work
concerns with non-human being's existence in nature.The issue of hierarchy among
natural entities where humans’ behavior towards animal seems mixed has been
depicted in a proper way from the technique of visual effects and cinematography. In
present world human beings take themselves as superior and neglecting the existence
of othernon-human living species of nature. So, this research emphasizes the
ecological approach towards living beings. Human should give equal priority
towards all living beings.The movie advocates for bio-centric world.
Keywords: Anthropocentrism, eco-criticism, environmental ethics, bio-diversity and
cinematography