Nihilism in Film and Television

A Critical Overview from Citizen Kane to The Sopranos

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de Kevin L. Stoehr

Type

Studies

Sujet

Theory

Mots Clés

philosophy

Année d'édition

2006

Editeur

McFarland & Co

Langue

anglais

Taille du livre

Format

Paperback • 226 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-7864-2547-4
978-0-7864-2547-1

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Description de l'ouvrage:
This book explores the idea of nihilism, emphasized by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, through its appearance in modern popular culture. The author defines and reflects upon nihilism, then explores its manifestation in films and television shows.

Among the subjects examined are the award-winning television series The Sopranos and the film noir genre that preceded and influenced it. Films probed include Orson Welles’s masterpiece Citizen Kane, the films of Stanley Kubrick, Neil Jordan’s controversial The Crying Game and Richard Linklater’s unconventional Waking Life.

Finally, the author considers nihilism in terms of the decay of traditional values in the genre of westerns, mostly through works of filmmaker John Ford. In the concluding chapter the author broadens the lessons gleaned from these studies, maintaining that the situated and embodied nature of human life must be understood and appreciated before people can overcome the life-negating effects of nihilism.

À propos de l'auteur :
Kevin L. Stoehr is an associate professor of humanities and the chair of the Division of Humanities in the College of General Studies at Boston University. He lives in Wells, Maine.

Revue de Presse:
"Highly recommended"—Choice

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