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Doing Philosophy at the Movies Table of Contents Acknowledgments iii Preface iv Introduction: Wittgenstein at the Movies 1 1. John Ford's The Searchers as an Allegory of the 22 Philosophical Search 2. A The Usual Suspects Moment in Vertigo: The Epistemology of Identity 45 3. The American Sublime in Fargo 81 4. Visions of Meaning: Seeing and Non-Seeing in Crimes and Misdemeanors 117 5. Oedipus Techs: Time Travel as Redemption in The Terminator and 12 monkeys 137 6. Into the Toilet: Some Classical Aesthetic Themes Raised by a Scene in Trainspotting 157 7. Horror and Death at the Movies 172 Conclusion: The Dialectics of Interpretation 205 Notes 234 Index 261
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Motion pictures Philosophy