American Beauty (1999)

Integral and transpersonal love relationships

Watch this truly Integral movie to see how people at different levels of consciousness development collide with each other in their daily lives. On the surface, the movie is about the breakdown and disintegration of a middle-class American family. On a deeper level, we painfully see how people at five different levels of consciousness development (archaic, magic, egocentric, mythic, rational, and pluralistic), with their divergent values, concerns, needs and worldviews, get into irresolvable conflicts with each other, and how an integral person critically reflects and engages with them all. At the end of the movie, we even offered a glimpse into the transpersonal stage.

Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is the husband of real estate agent Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) and father to high school student Janie Burnham (Thora Birch). Although Lester and Carolyn were once in love, they now merely tolerate each other. Typical “Red/egocentric” wallflower Janie hates both of her parents. “Orange/rational” Carolyn wants to create the persona of success to further her career in real estate. Initially “Orange/rational” Lester walks mindlessly through life, including at his job in advertising, until he falls in love at first sight with Janie’s “Purple/Magenta/magic” classmate, Angela Hays (Mena Suvari). His infatuation “transforms” Lester into the “Green/Pluralistic” stage—with plenty of the pre/trans fallacy—where he no longer cares what anyone thinks about him (except for Angela). When homophobic disciplinarian, “Blue/Amber mythic” Marine Colonel Frank Fitts (Chris Cooper), his demented “Beige/Infrared/archaic” wife, Barbara Fitts (Allison Janney), and their seemingly “Teal/Yellow/integral” eighteen-year-old son, Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley) move in next door, the drama unfolds, and eventually all of the players are forced to confront their demons.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169547/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly7rq5EsTC8

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