Terrence Malick and the Examined Life

"This book is the most comprehensive account to date of the intellectual and artistic development of one of Hollywood's most celebrated filmmakers. Utilizing newly available archival sources to offer an original interpretation of Malick's storied career, it shows how a philosophy student searching for meaning became the most talked-about director of his generation"--

About the author

Martin Woessner is Associate Professor of History & Society at The City College of New York (CUNY), Center for Worker Education.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Woessner, Woessner Martin
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.03.2024
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781512825602
• ISBN: 978-1-5128-2560-2
• Pages: 448
• Series: Intellectual History of the Modern Age; Intellectual History of the Mo
• Subjects: USA, Badlands, Martin Heidegger, 20th Century, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Walker Percy, Search for meaning, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Stanley Cavell, United States of America, USA, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, The Tree of Life, History of the Americas, Søren Kierkegaard, Existentialism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, philosophy and film, Terrence Malick's influences, Hollywood in the 1970s, independent filmmaker, Days of Heaven, movies as philosophical meditations, Film-Philosophy, A Hidden Life, do philosophy through film, The Thin Red Line, the problem of suffering