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4406319Terrence Malick and the Examined Lifehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/terrence-malick-and-the-examined-life-9781512825619/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4190635/image.jpg?v=6388403976465000008301153MXNUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.InStock/Ebooks/<p>Terrence Malick is one of American cinemas most celebrated filmmakers. His filmsfrom <em>Badlands</em> (1973) and <em>Days of Heaven</em> (1978) to <em>The Thin Red Line</em> (1998), <em>The Tree of Life</em> (2011), and, most recently, <em>A Hidden Life</em> (2019)have been heralded for their artistry and lauded for their beauty, but what really sets them apart is their ideas. <em>Terrence Malick and the Examined Life</em> is the most comprehensive account to date of this unparalleled filmmakers intellectual and artistic development.</p><p>Utilizing newly available archival sources to offer original interpretations of his canonical films, Martin Woessner illuminates Malicks early education in philosophy at Harvard and Oxford as well as his cinematic apprenticeship at the American Film Institute to show how a young student searching for personal meaning became a famous director of Hollywood films. Woessners book presents a rich, interdisciplinary exploration of the many texts, thinkers, and traditions that made this transformation possiblefrom the novels of Hamlin Garland, James Jones, and Walker Percy to the philosophies of Stanley Cavell, Martin Heidegger, and Sren Kierkegaard to road movies, Hollywood Westerns, and the comedies of Jean Renoir. Situating Malicks filmmaking within recent intellectual and cultural history, Woessner highlights its lasting contributions to both American cinema and the life of the mind.</p><p><em>Terrence Malick and the Examined Life</em> suggests it is time for philosophy to be viewed not merely as an academic subject, overseen by experts, but also as a way of life, open to each and every moviegoer.</p>...4531494Terrence Malick and the Examined Life8301153https://www.gandhi.com.mx/terrence-malick-and-the-examined-life-9781512825619/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4190635/image.jpg?v=638840397646500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781512825619_W3siaWQiOiIzMzlhNzVlOS0xODA5LTRmOTctOGUwYS0wMGI4MWE2YzQzODEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjExNTMsImRpc2NvdW50IjoxMTUsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6MTAzOCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDQtMDlUMTU6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781512825619_<p>Terrence Malick is one of American cinemas most celebrated filmmakers. His filmsfrom <em>Badlands</em> (1973) and <em>Days of Heaven</em> (1978) to <em>The Thin Red Line</em> (1998), <em>The Tree of Life</em> (2011), and, most recently, <em>A Hidden Life</em> (2019)have been heralded for their artistry and lauded for their beauty, but what really sets them apart is their ideas. <em>Terrence Malick and the Examined Life</em> is the most comprehensive account to date of this unparalleled filmmakers intellectual and artistic development.</p><p>Utilizing newly available archival sources to offer original interpretations of his canonical films, Martin Woessner illuminates Malicks early education in philosophy at Harvard and Oxford as well as his cinematic apprenticeship at the American Film Institute to show how a young student searching for personal meaning became a famous director of Hollywood films. Woessners book presents a rich, interdisciplinary exploration of the many texts, thinkers, and traditions that made this transformation possiblefrom the novels of Hamlin Garland, James Jones, and Walker Percy to the philosophies of Stanley Cavell, Martin Heidegger, and Sren Kierkegaard to road movies, Hollywood Westerns, and the comedies of Jean Renoir. Situating Malicks filmmaking within recent intellectual and cultural history, Woessner highlights its lasting contributions to both American cinema and the life of the mind.</p><p><em>Terrence Malick and the Examined Life</em> suggests it is time for philosophy to be viewed not merely as an academic subject, overseen by experts, but also as a way of life, open to each and every moviegoer.</p>...9781512825619_University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.libro_electonico_9781512825619_9781512825619Martin WoessnerInglésMéxico2024-03-25T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-5a939aaa-82fc-45ad-aa9a-0a669c9661af.epub2024-03-25T00:00:00+00:00University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.