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- 300 stránek
- 11 hodin čtení
Více o knize
"The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions," said the existentiallist thinker Albert Camus. And no less a philosopher than Woody Allen has "How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?""Movies and the Meaning of Life" looks at popular and cult movies, examining their assumptions and insights on meaning-of-life What is reality and how can I know it? (The Truman Show, Contact, Waking Life); How do I find myself and my true identity? (Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, Boys Don't Cry, Memento); How do I find meaning from my interactions with others? (Pulp Fiction, Shadowlands, Chasing Amy); What is the chief purpose in life? (American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, The Shawshank Redemption); and How ought I live my life? (Pleasantville, Spiderman, Minority Report, Groundhog Day).
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Movies and the Meaning of Life, Kimberly Ann Blessing, Paul J. Tudico
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- Rok vydání
- 2005
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- Titul
- Movies and the Meaning of Life
- Podtitul
- Philosophers Take on Hollywood
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Vydavatel
- Open Court
- Rok vydání
- 2005
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 300
- ISBN10
- 0812695755
- ISBN13
- 9780812695755
- Série
- Štítky
- Naučná literatura, Umění & Kultura, Společenské vědy, Filosofie, Filmová tématika, Film, Performativní umění
- Hodnocení
- 3,8 z 5
- Anotace
- "The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions," said the existentiallist thinker Albert Camus. And no less a philosopher than Woody Allen has "How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?""Movies and the Meaning of Life" looks at popular and cult movies, examining their assumptions and insights on meaning-of-life What is reality and how can I know it? (The Truman Show, Contact, Waking Life); How do I find myself and my true identity? (Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, Boys Don't Cry, Memento); How do I find meaning from my interactions with others? (Pulp Fiction, Shadowlands, Chasing Amy); What is the chief purpose in life? (American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, The Shawshank Redemption); and How ought I live my life? (Pleasantville, Spiderman, Minority Report, Groundhog Day).