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"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).
Zakup książki
Movies and the Meaning of Life, Kimberly Ann Blessing, Paul J. Tudico
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2005
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
Metody płatności
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- Tytuł
- Movies and the Meaning of Life
- Podtytuł
- Philosophers Take on Hollywood
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Kimberly Ann Blessing, Paul J. Tudico
- Wydawca
- Open Court
- Rok wydania
- 2005
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 300
- ISBN10
- 0812695755
- ISBN13
- 9780812695755
- Seria
- Ocena
- 3,8 z 5
- Opis
- "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).