Movies and the Meaning of Life Philosophers Take on Hollywood

Name: Movies and the Meaning of Life Philosophers Take on Hollywood
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ISBN: 9780812695755

ISBN-10: 0812695755

ISBN-13: 9780812695755

Edition: 2005

Authors: Kimberly A. Blessing, Paul Tudico

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"The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions," said Albert Camus. And philosopher Woody Allen has wondered: "How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?" Claims about what gives life meaning have not only been analyzed by philosophers but by the primary mythmakers in contemporary culture: Hollywood filmmakers. Movies and the Meaning of Life shows how a wide variety of films have tackled - to sometimes hilarious, sometimes surprisingly pointed effect - the same questions that have obsessed the deep thinkers. These essays draw on such sources as The Truman Show and Contact to explore the nature of reality; Fight Club and Being John Malkovich…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Open Court
Publication date: 3/29/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments: You Mean So Much to Us


Introduction: So ... Why "The Meaning of Life"?



Are You For Real?


The Truman Show



Deceit and Doubt: The Search For Truth in The Truman Show and Descartes's Meditations



Contact



Our Place in the Cosmos: Faith and Belief in Contact



Waking Life



The On-Going Wow: Waking Life and The Waltz Between Detachment and Immersion




Who Am I?


Fight Club



I Am Jack's Wasted Life: Fight Club and Personal Identity



Being John Malkovich



It's my Heeeeaaaad!: Sex and Death in Being John Malkovich



Boys Don't Cry



Popping It In: Gender Identity in Boys Don't Cry



Memento



We All Need Mirrors to Remind Us Who We Are: Inherited Meaning and Inherited Selves in Memento




Am I Alone?


Crimes and Misdemeanors



The Indifferent Universe: Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors



Shadowlands



Rats In God's Laboratory: Shadowlands and The Problem of Evil



Chasing Amy



Flying Without a Map: Chasing Amy and The Quest For Satisfying Relationships




What Do I Want Out of Life?


American Beauty



American Beauty: Look Closer



Life Is Beautiful



Life is Beautiful: The Lure of Evil and the Rebellion of Love



The Shawshank Redemption



The Shawshank Redemption and The Hope For Escape



Kill Bill, Volumes 1 and 2



The Roar and the Rampage: A Tale of Revenge in Kill Bill Volumes I and II




How Should I Live My Life?


Pleasantville



Pleasantville, Aristotle, and the Meaning of Life



Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2



Of Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Living Like a Hero



Minority Report



So Tired of the Future: Freedom and Determinism in Minority Report



Pulp Fiction



Grace, Fate, and Accident in Pulp Fiction



Groundhog Day



What Nietzsche Could Teach You: Eternal Recurrence in Groundhog Day



You Mean We Have to Say Something About Ourselves?


Index