The Films
Examined Life
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Venue: A1043 (Arts and Administration Building, Memorial University)
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Director/Réalisateur: Astra Taylor
Producer/Producteur: Bill Imperial, Lea Marin, Ron Mann, Silva Basmajian
Writer/Scénariste: Astra Taylor
Print Source/Distributeur: m.belise@nfb.com
Country/Pays: Canada
Running Time/Durée: 90 min
Filmmaker Astra Taylor has taken on an enormous cinematic challenge – making a documentary about ideas—and the thinkers who come up with them. A veritable hit list of Great Pinheads, the film exposes us to luminaries such as Cornell West, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Slavoi Zizek, and Judith Butler, just to name the top five. Ever wondered what these intellectuals looked like? If they spoke the way they wrote? Or what Judith Butler wears? To be sure, the film answers these questions and much more serious ones, too. But lest you think the film is dry as a day with Derrida, Taylor mixes it up, animates her subjects, and keeps us riveted from beginning to end. When these heads talk, people listen. (Screening presented in partnership with the MUN Dept. Of Philosophy)
Email: m.belise@nfb.com