The tragic view of life: a key intersection between the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and the filmography of Woody Allen
The tragic view of life: a key intersection between the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and the filmography of Woody Allen
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2021.v23i.12393Keywords:
Chance; becoming; luck; death; tragedy; postmodernismAbstract
Woody Allen's filmography has been widely analyzed from the perspective of the field of philosophy. These investigations make a holistic analysis in which they relate broad issues such as mass culture, politics, psychoanalysis, death, or sexuality to the cinema of the New York director. In many of these studies, the figure of Nietzsche appears, as is logical, since he is one of the thinkers with the greatest impact on Western culture throughout the 20th century. However, the holistic nature of these investigations prevents a more exhaustive analysis of the possible relationships between philosopher and filmmaker. This article aims to fill this gap by focusing on one of the key points in Nietzsche's thought and Allen's filmography: the tragic vision of life, forged from chance-luck and becoming-death, two key concepts both for the filmmaker and the philosopher.
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