By Sylvie Magerstädt
The writer attracts at the paintings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Siegfried Kracauer, and Gilles Deleuze to illustrate the relevance of continental philosophy to a studying of mainstream Hollywood cinema. The publication argues that our eager for phantasm is very robust in occasions of obstacle, illustrated via an exploration of the new revival of historical and epic myths in Hollywood cinema, together with movies corresponding to
Troy, The Lord of the jewelry Trilogy, and Clash of the Titans.
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