The Thinker
1989, English. Directed by Max Almy.
In The Thinker, Almy satirically envisions the evolution of human intellectual thought—from ape to yuppie—as a television event, with an emcee providing the play-by-play commentary of a sportscaster. Classical, Medieval and Renaissance theories flash by as catch-phrases. When this accelerated history leaps forward to arrive at contemporary man, accompanied by an animated explosion of media and consumer images, his contribution to the history of thought is a litany of advertising slogans and pop cliches that devolve, full-circle, into ape-like grunts.
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The Thinker isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 January 1989. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Thinker?
The Thinker (1989) was directed by Max Almy.