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Doing philosophy at the movies / Richard A. Gilmore.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.Description: xi, 183 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0791463915 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780791463918 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0791463923 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780791463925 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/01 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995 G495 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Wittgenstein at the movies -- John Ford's The searchers as an allegory of the philosophical search -- A the usual suspects moment in Vertigo: the epistemology of identity -- The American sublime in Fargo -- Visions of meaning: seeing and non-seeing in Crimes and misdemeanors -- Oedipus techs: time travel as redemption in The terminator and 12 monkeys -- Into the toilet: some classical aesthetic themes raised by a scene in Trainspotting -- Horror and death at the movies -- Conclusion: the dialectics of interpretation.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN1995 G495 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 1 Available 00000054072

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-178) and index.

Introduction: Wittgenstein at the movies -- John Ford's The searchers as an allegory of the philosophical search -- A the usual suspects moment in Vertigo: the epistemology of identity -- The American sublime in Fargo -- Visions of meaning: seeing and non-seeing in Crimes and misdemeanors -- Oedipus techs: time travel as redemption in The terminator and 12 monkeys -- Into the toilet: some classical aesthetic themes raised by a scene in Trainspotting -- Horror and death at the movies -- Conclusion: the dialectics of interpretation.

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