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Movies and the meaning of life, philosophers take on Hollywood

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Movies and the meaning of life, philosophers take on Hollywood

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eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Movies and the meaning of life

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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865331365

Sub title

philosophers take on Hollywood

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments: You Mean So Much to Us; Introduction: So. . . Why "The Meaning of Life"?; TAKE ONE: ARE YOU FOR REAL?; 1. Deceit and Doubt: The Search for Truth in The Truman Show and Descartes's Meditations; 2. Our Place in the Cosmos: Faith and Belief in Contact; 3. The On-Going Wow: Waking Life and the Waltz between Detachment and Immersion; TAKE TWO: WHO AM I?; 4. I Am Jack's Wasted Life: Fight Club and Personal Identity; 5. It's my Heeeeaaaad!: Sex and Death in Being John Malkovich; 6. Popping It In: Gender Identity in Boys Don't Cry

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adult

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