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1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations |
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List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- PART I: SETTING THE STAGE: THEORETICAL ISSUES -- Existentialism: An Overview of Important Themes and Figures -- Film as Tool for Philosophical Investigation -- Film Realism and Narrative Identity -- PART II: MEANINGFUL MOVIES -- Antonioni: Meaninglessness and the Modern World -- Religiosity in the Films of Ingmar Bergman -- Rethinking Raskolnikov: Exploring Contemporary Ethical Challenges in the Films of Woody Allen -- Authenticity in the Films of Federico Fellini -- The Nietzschean Free Spirit in Dead Poets Society and Harold and Maude -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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pt. I: Setting the stage: theoretical issues -- 1. Existentialism: an overview of important -- Themes and figures -- Soren Kierkegaard -- Friedrich Nietzsche -- Phenomenology -- Jean-Paul Sartre -- Simone de Beauvoir -- Paul Tillich -- 2. Film as a tool for philosophical investigation -- Theoretical versus personal approaches to existentialism -- Can films philosophize? -- Film and philosophical existentialism -- Screening the human condition: the issue of realism -- Meaningful movies -- Conclusion -- 3. Film realism and narrative identity -- The problem with realism -- Narrative and film -- Narrative identity -- The case for realism -- Narrative existentialism -- Conclusion -- pt. II Meaningful movies -- 4. Antonioni: meaninglessness and the modern world -- Meaninglessness and the resistance of the world -- L'avventura -- L'eclisse -- Rethinking radical freedom -- Conclusion -- 5. Religiosity in the films of Ingmar Bergman -- Bergman's religious trilogy -- The death of God -- Religiosity without religion -- Conclusion -- 6. Rethinking Raskolnikov: exploring contemporary ethical challenges in the films of Woody Allen -- Crimes and misdemeanors -- Getting away with murder -- Match point -- Meaningful alternatives -- 7. Authenticity in the films of Federico Fellini -- Attitude -- Fellini's style -- La dolce vita -- 8 1/2 -- Conclusion -- 8. The Nietzschean free spirit in Dead poets society an Harold and maude -- Nietzsche's free spirit -- Dead poets society -- Harold and Maude -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Existentialism, in its various forms, has fascinated readers since the nineteenth century. This book approaches the movement as a description of how human beings make a meaningful life, investigating themes like freedom, bad faith, authenticity, and religiosity in that light. Film artists, no less than philosophers, can provide compelling insights into existentialist issues, as is revealed in a discussion of the works of Antonioni, Bergman, Allen, Fellini, and others. Part I argues for the use of film as a tool for the investigation of philosophical existentialism, making a case for film realism based on the notion that films portray human experience very close to how we live it. Part II applies those arguments, pairing particular movies with specific themes in existentialism. The resulting discussion furthers our understanding of the search for meaning, sometimes corroborating the views of the philosophers, but sometimes showing where the philosophical views can be expanded |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-238) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Existentialism in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- Philosophy
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Existentialism in motion pictures
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Motion pictures -- Philosophy
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Existenzialismus
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Film
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230235465 |
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0230235468 |
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