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VHS : Wittgenstein


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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303704609
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303704603
Label: Kino Video
Manufacturer: Kino Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino Video
Release Date: June 27, 2000
Running Time: 75 minutes
Sales Rank: 12284
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 17, 1993


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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Wittgenstein - hard explain as good to see.
There is interesting point in this movie, focus on the people not on a space. I'm a set designer, and always during my research in the movies, I collect my videos, as specialise on a oridinary ideas, and this is one is one of those. I thing, so no one can show better that things, like Derek Jarman. Because, his is special. And I find this work as the best from him. His indicate people with light and color, like a Caravagio painter. They come from anywere and go to anywere Like nothing is so important, ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I love this crazy movie!
Wittgenstein was not only a philosophical giant, but also a facinating personality. He was: gay, but conflicted and ashamed of his sexuality; rich, but he gave away his vast fortune and worked as a laborer; brilliant and vain, but always embarrased by his writings; the darling of academia, even though he rejected the entire philosophical tradition; jewish, but a devout christian convert; brave in war, but lacked the courage to face himself or openly support jewish causes during the war.

These ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Very accurate snapshot of this quirky Austrian philosopher
This film, which I saw on the big-screen at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston cinema venue in 1994, was my first introduction to Austrian linguistic Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. In 1994 I was also beginning my graduate studies in German at Rice University. I was immediately turned on to Wittgenstein by the film (scripted by noted British marxist literary critic Terry Eagleton; --I have come to like Eagleton a great deal also) and have been reading about him and his philosophy ever since. From what ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A view of a Genius
Very interesting movie of one of the brightest minds in the 20th Century. It is not a traditional one, the sets are often very surrealistic. All we have is some "imprints" or scenes with an interpretation of the life of this extraordinary thinker.




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