Description - Christopher Nolan: Filmmaker and Philosopher by Robbie B. H. Goh
Christopher Nolan is the writer and director of Hollywood blockbusters like The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, and also of arthouse films like Memento and Inception. Underlying his staggering commercial success however, is a darker sensibility that questions the veracity of human knowledge, the allure of appearance over reality and the latent disorder in contemporary society.
This appreciation of the sinister owes a huge debt to philosophy and especially modern thinkers like Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud and Jacques Derrida. Taking a thematic approach to Nolan’s oeuvre, Robbie Goh examines how the director’s postmodern inclinations manifest themselves in non-linearity, causal agnosticism, the threat of social anarchy and the frequent use of the mise en abyme, while running counter to these are narratives of heroism, moral responsibility and the dignity of human choice. For Goh, Nolan is a ‘reluctant postmodernist’. His films reflect the cynicism of the modern world, but with their representation of heroic moral triumphs, they also resist it.
Buy Christopher Nolan: Filmmaker and Philosopher by Robbie B. H. Goh from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.
Other Editions - Christopher Nolan: Filmmaker and Philosopher by Robbie B. H. Goh
A Preview for this title is currently not available.
Print on Demand, Firm Sale, 4-6 weeks for delivery.
Language, Space and Cultural Play: Theorising Affect in the Semiotic Landscape
