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The philosophy of Martin Scorsese / edited by Mark T. Conard.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Philosophy of popular culture.
- The philosophy of popular culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scorsese, Martin--Criticism and interpretation.
- Scorsese, Martin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese, an impressive cast of contributors explores the complex themes and philosophical underpinnings of Martin Scorsese's films. One of the most significant filmmakers in the history of American cinema, Scorsese is the creative force behind films such as GoodFellas, Taxi Driver, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Aviator, and The Age of Innocence. The contributing authors use Scorsese's films as vehicles for exploration of philosophical concepts such as friendship and egoism, vigilantism, libertarianism, Buddhist ethics, desire and self-restraint, madness, th
- Contents:
- Authenticity, flourishing, and the good life. No safe haven : Casino, friendship, and egoism / Steven M. Sanders ; God's lonely man : Taxi dirver and the ethics of vigilantism / Aeon J. Skoble ; Goodfellas, Gyges, and the good life / Dean A. Kowalski ; Mean streets : beatitude, flourishing, and unhappiness / Mark T. Conrad
- Rationality, criminality, and the emotions. The cinema of madness : Friedrich Nietzsche and the films of Martin Scorsese / Jerold J. Abrams ; The age of innocence : social semiotics, desire, and constratint / Deborah Knight ; After hours : Scorsese on absurdity / Jennifer L. McMahon ; The pupkin gambit : rationality and irrationality in The king of comedy / Richard Greene
- Vision, salvation, and the transcendental. The last temptation of Christ and Bringing out the dead : Scorsese's reluctant saviors / Karen D. Hoffman ; Flying solo : The aviator and libertarian philosophy / Paul A. Cantor ; Art, sex, and time in Scorsese's After hours / Richard Gilmore ; The ethical underpinnings of Kundun / Judith Barad ; Scorsese and the transcendental / R. Barton Palmer.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-3716-0
- 1-283-23316-9
- 9786613233165
- 0-8131-7255-1
- OCLC:
- 166253451
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