Word: wittgenstein
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Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center. $5 for students. "Wittgenstein" at 4, 7:30 and 9 p.m. A humorous portrait of one of this century's most influential philosophers. Wittgenstein led an extremely dramatic, unconventional life. Born in the Vienna of Freud and Schoenberg, young Ludwig was a schoolmate of Adolf Hitler...
Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Center.$5 for students. "Wittgenstein" at 4, 7:30 and 9p.m. A humorous portrait of one of this century'smost influential philosophers. Wittgenstein led anextremely dramatic, unconventional life. Born inthe Vienna of Freud and Schoenberg, young Ludwigwas a schoolmate of Adolf Hitler...
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Experiencing "Wittgenstein" is like falling down a rabbit hole into the wonderland of Derek Jarman's eccentric and inevitably bewitching imagination. although sometimes slow, and fortunately no more than an hour and a half, the story of this strange philosopher/soldier/teacher/wanna-be-proletarian is amusing, tender, and visually intriguing. "Wittgenstein" is no PBS biographical documentary--it's hip Lewis Carroll...
These colorful performances by better-known faces almost threaten to overshadow the strong work of Karl Johnson as the older Wittgenstein. Sometimes bewildering in his anger and self-hatred, at other times sweet and naive, this complex performance of a tormented soul is both intelligent without being pretentious, and intelligently humane. Also of note are Kevin Collins as Johnny, the lover of Maynard Keynes (John Quentin), as well as of Wittgenstein himself--sort of. Jarman is intent upon portraying homosexual love both as it is manifested in Keyne's and Johnny's relationship and as it is denied and gradually...