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Wittgenstein

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Wittgenstein
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NR,1hr 15min
Genres:
Drama,Western
Released:
September 17, 1993
Director:
Derek Jarman
Distributor:
Zeitgeist Films
Starring:
Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Tilda Swinton  ...more
Synopsis: Derek Jarman directed this witty, stylish biography of the life of the eccentric 20th-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (Karl Johnson). Wittgenstein is shown as a boy living a repressive youth, demonstrated by his family appearing in Roman togas. When Wittgenstein leaves to study under Bertrand Russell at Cambridge, he begins to investigate language and apply the strictures and constructs of language to philosophical study. The subject of Wittgenstein's homosexuality is depicted when, after ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Another of Derek Jarman's revisionist biographies, Wittgenstein is a fractured portrait of the 20th century philosopher as a misunderstood artist and a tormented gay soul. Intentional anachronisms abound: the characters use modern technologies and conveniences, and they are costumed in everything from ancient Roman garb to ornate period drag. The stylization, however, conveys the philosopher's theories ... Full Review
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Karl Johnson
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Michael Gough
Bertrand Russell
Tilda Swinton
Lady Ottoline Morrell, Ottoline Morrell
John Quentin
John Maynard Keynes
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