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- 300 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
Más información sobre el libro
"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
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 2005
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- Título
- Movies and the Meaning of Life
- Subtítulo
- Philosophers Take on Hollywood
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Kimberly Ann Blessing, Paul J. Tudico
- Editorial
- Open Court
- Publicado en
- 2005
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 300
- ISBN10
- 0812695755
- ISBN13
- 9780812695755
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- No ficción, Arte / Cultura, Ciencias sociales, Filosofía, Temática cinematográfica, Cine, Artes escénicas
- Calificación
- 3,8 de 5
- Descripción
- "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).