UID:
almahu_9949223140202882
Format:
1 online resource (208 pages).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781350139992
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9781350140004
Series Statement:
Philosophical filmmakers.
Content:
"Christopher Nolan is the writer and director of Hollywood blockbusters like The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises , and also of arthouse films like Memento and Inception. Underlying his staggering commercial success however, is a darker sensibility that questions the veracity of human knowledge, the allure of appearance over reality and the latent disorder in contemporary society. This appreciation of the sinister owes a huge debt to philosophy and especially modern thinkers like Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud and Jacques Derrida. Taking a thematic approach to Nolan's oeuvre, Robbie Goh examines how the director's postmodern inclinations manifest themselves in non-linearity, causal agnosticism, the threat of social anarchy and the frequent use of the mise en abyme , while running counter to these are narratives of heroism, moral responsibility and the dignity of human choice. For Goh, Nolan is a 'reluctant postmodernist'. His films reflect the cynicism of the modern world, but with their representation of heroic moral triumphs, they also resist it."--
Note:
1. Christopher Nolan as philosophical filmmaker: themes and influences -- 2. Postmodernism and cynicism -- 3. The moral turn: against postmodernism -- 4. Nolan's heroes as philosophers -- 5. Film narrative and/as philosophy.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781350139978
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies
DOI:
10.5040/9781350140004
URL:
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