Derek Jarman's WITTENSTEIN is a spare, understated look at the life and work of the brilliant, tortured philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
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Run a Quick Search on "Wittgenstein" starring Karl Johnson to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Wittgenstein"Browse more products related to "Karl Johnson, Michael Gough and Derek Jarman"ReviewNew York Times, 09/17/1993, p.C15, "...The film's playful and more heartfelt aspects are fused in mournfully beautiful imagery..." Sight and Sound, 03/01/2007, p.85, "[T]his is Jarman in playful and provocative groove....You can't help but be heartened by the way Jarman ignores the conventions of film biopics." Variety, 02/15/1993, "...An immaculately lensed, intellectual jape....Always visually alert..." Film Comment, 03/01/1993, p.2-5, "...Jarman has passed through the soul of his first master, Ken Russell, to a cinematic 'other side' where his work has the ethereal potency of unstressed metaphor..." Product Quotation/Excerpt"If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done." -- Young Ludwig Wittgenstein (Clancy Chassay) Release NoteDVD Features: Product NotesA highly stylized comic biography of eccentric German philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (Karl Johnson), this film features the thinker struggling with the absurdities of his life, including a bright green martian and an out-of-place rhinoceros, while also tackling serious subjects such as society's feared reaction to his own homosexuality. Derek Jarman directs this spare, understated look at the life and work of the brilliant yet tortured man. Utilizing only a sparse collection of props to evoke each era and locale, the film follows Wittgenstein from his childhood home in Vienna (symbolized simply by a grand piano) to his enlistment in World War I and, finally, to Cambridge University in England, where he befriended scholars Maynard Keynes (John Quentin) and Bertrand Russell (Michael Gough) and engaged in homosexual affairs with his students. Although he left Cambridge several times, briefly living in Norway and once trying to move to Soviet Russia to assist the revolution there, Wittgenstein always returned to the university--and it was there he finally died. Throughout his life, the philosopher, whose writings explored issues of language and communication, struggled futilely to make others understand his own complex words and ideas--a sentiment expertly captured by Jarman's unique film. If You Enjoy "Wittgenstein (DVD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Wittgenstein (DVD)"There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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