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# Wittgenstein [VHS]

**Brand:** karl johnsonmichael goughderek jarman
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- **What is this?** Wittgenstein [VHS] by karl johnsonmichael goughderek jarman
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An intense funny and entertaining film about modern philosophy and the dark genius who revolutionized it.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    This film is a touching and humorous tribute to a brilliant but very difficult path
  

*by C***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2017*

The more I come to understand the thought of Wittgenstein the more I see it as entangled with his own lived life and the more I appreciate the challenges of what he was attempting to do. This film is a touching and humorous tribute to a brilliant but very difficult path..... I am grateful this film was made and made as well as it was. I am only sorry I did not see it when it first came out.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Intensely delightful biopic of the greatest philosopher of the 20th century.
  

*by B***D on Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2016*

I was delighted to discover this film, doubly so when I realized it was based on a script written by the leading British literary critic, Terry Eagleton, and starring one of my favorite actors, Tilda Swinton. All those things may have had the effect of making it too rich to take in a single sitting. I had to stop midway, not because I was bored or unhappy with the film. It was like drinking 120 proof bourbon straight. I could take just so much at a time. Before I go on to explore that thought, I must say that Karl Johnson, a long time Jarman collaborator, was made up to be a dead ringer for all the Wittgenstein pictures we have, and his acting is a good fit to what we know about the man. Tilda Swinton was hardly recognizable, compared to her snow queen persona in the Narnia film. Her part, as Russell's paramour, is relatively small. Michael Gough was quite good as Wittgenstein's mentor, Bertrand Russell. John Quentin came across quite well as John Maynard Keynes, although I know him less well than I do Wittgenstein and Russell. Derek Jarman, for those who don't know, has a style off to the left of Ken Russell and Peter Greenaway, both of whose works I enjoy. So why was it so hard to watch it through in one sitting. I must attribute it to the fact that I know Wittgenstein's philosophy quite well, far better than 99% of the people who are inclined to watch this movie. Therefore, the script held no secrets from me, as it quoted from Wittgenstein's two major works, and used that to depict the kind of dispair Wittgenstein felt about doing philosophy, which, at its roots, he considered a study which should disappear, once we understand what it is all about. Aside from Wittgenstein and his philosophy, the primary topic of the film is his relations with Russell, Keynes, and an unknown male lover. If you know even a bit about Wittgenstein or his thought, I recommend you see the movie.  If you have little patience for "thought movies" (Woody Allen, for example) I suggest you stay away, and go see the film of a Shakespeare play instead.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Has been a hit with my students
  

*by W***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2014*

If you introduce students to Wittgenstein you may also find this movie a fascinating way to introduce him. While the movie is strange - of course - for more ways than one - and there are parts you may not want minors to see unless they have waivers from their parents, they do find this a great way to get to know Wittgenstein along with reading some of his texts.

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