Woody Allen and philosophy : you mean my whole fallacy is wrong? / edited by Mark T. Conard and Aeon J. Skoble ; foreword by Tom Morris.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Popular culture and philosophy ; volume 8Publication details: Chicago : Open Court, c2004.Description: xii, 269 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

0812694538 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780812694536 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

791.43/092

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PN 1998.3 W912 2004

Contents:

Foreword: Can We Not Talk about Sex All the Time?; Acknowledgments; Introduction:You Know Nothing of My Work; Act I: Morality, Interpretation, and the Meaning of Life; Act II: Woody's Craft; Act III: Five Films; Entertainment for Intellectuals: A Woody Allen Filmography; All These Great Minds . . .; Index

Summary: Woody Allen--comedian, writer, director, actor, musician, and deep thinker--is clearly trying to tell us something, but what? And why should we care? Fifteen philosophers representing different viewpoints give us their answers, focussing on different Woody Allen works and varied aspects of his multifaceted output. Everyone who wears glasses, and must therefore be an intellectual, will want to find out:. ·how Schopenhauer's theory of humor is exemplified in Annie Hall;. ·why, for all his apparent pessimism, Woody gives us a brighter alternative to the Bogartian nihilism of film noir;. ·that when

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Filmography: pages 259-260.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Filmografía: p. 259-260.

Woody Allen--comedian, writer, director, actor, musician, and deep thinker--is clearly trying to tell us something, but what? And why should we care? Fifteen philosophers representing different viewpoints give us their answers, focussing on different Woody Allen works and varied aspects of his multifaceted output. Everyone who wears glasses, and must therefore be an intellectual, will want to find out:. ·how Schopenhauer's theory of humor is exemplified in Annie Hall;. ·why, for all his apparent pessimism, Woody gives us a brighter alternative to the Bogartian nihilism of film noir;. ·that when

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