Είδος: Ντοκιμαντέρ
Γλώσσα: English
Υπότιτλοι: English
Χρονολογία: 2008, Canada
Σκηνοθεσία: Astra Taylor
Διάρκεια: 88'
Γλώσσα: English
Υπότιτλοι: English
Χρονολογία: 2008, Canada
Σκηνοθεσία: Astra Taylor
Διάρκεια: 88'
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms,
and puts it back on the streets. In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra
Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series
of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular
resonance for them and their ideas. Peter Singer's thoughts on the
ethics of consumption are amplified against the backdrop of Fifth
Avenue's posh boutiques. Michael Hardt ponders the nature of revolution
while surrounded by symbols of wealth and leisure. Judith Butler and a
friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our
culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through
Manhattan, Cornel West - perhaps America's best-known public
intellectual - compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how
intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be...