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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785702603321

Autore

Rybin Steven <1979->

Titolo

Terrence Malick and the thought of film [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Rybin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-283-63919-X

0-7391-6677-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

791.43023/3092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Voicing meaning: on Terrence Malick's characters -- On Badlands -- On Days of heaven -- On The thin red line -- On The new world -- Postscript: on the tree of life.

Sommario/riassunto

Terrence Malick and the Thought of Film explores how the experience of viewing Terrence Malick's films enables imaginative acts of philosophical interpretation. Useful for both professional philosophers interested in film and scholars of cinema intrigued by philosophy, this book shows the ways Malick's films cast philosophy in new cinematic light.