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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57373747 Title: Movies and the meaning of life : philosophers take on Hollywood Author: Kimberly Ann Blessing; Paul J Tudico Publisher: Chicago : Open Court, ©2005. ISBN/ISSN: 9780812695755 0812695755 OCLC:57373747

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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

Author:	Kimberly Ann Blessing; Paul J Tudico
Publisher:	Chicago : Open Court, ©2005.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	A compelling collection of essays explores philosophical issues through the lens of popular Hollywood films, finding interesting topics in Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, American Beauty, and many other movies. Original. Read more...
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Movies and the meaning of life. Chicago : Open Court, c2005 (OCoLC)645909857
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Kimberly Ann Blessing; Paul J Tudico Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780812695755 0812695755
OCLC Number:	57373747
Description:	xvi, 302 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	Deceit and doubt: the search for truth in The Truman show and Descarte's Meditations / Kimberly A. Blessing -- Our place in the cosmos: faith and belief in Contact / Heather Keith and Steve Fesmire -- The on-going wow: Waking life and the waltz between detachment and immersion / Kevin Stoehr -- I am Jack's wasted life: Fight Club and personal identity / John Zavodny -- It's my heeeeaaaaad!: sex and death in Being John Malkovich / Walter Ott -- Popping it in: gender identity in Boys don't cry / Rebecca Hanrahan -- We all need mirrors to remind us who we are: inherited meaning and inherited selves in Memento / Michael Bauer -- The indifferent universe: Woody Allen's Crimes and misdemeanors / Mark T. Conrad -- Rats in God's laboratory: Shadowlands and the problem of evil / David Baggett -- Flying without a map: Chasing Amy and the quest for satisfying relationships / Jerry L. Walls -- American beauty: look closer / George Hole -- Life is beautiful: the lure of evil and the rebellion of love / Anthony C. Sciglitano, Jr. -- The Shawshank redemption and the hope for escape / William Young -- The roar and the rampage: a tale of revenge in Kill Bill volumes I and II / Shai Biderman -- Pleasantville, Aristotle, and the meaning of life / Eric Reitan -- Of Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and living like a hero / Jonathan J. Sanford -- So tired of the future: freedom and determinism in Minority report / Nir Eisikovits and Shai Biderman -- Grace, fate, and accident in Pulp fiction / Michael Silberstein -- What Nietzsche could teach you: eternal recurrence in Groundhog Day / James Spence.
Responsibility:	[edited by] Kimberly A. Blessing and Paul J. Tudico.
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