Eighteen Woody Allen Films Analyzed: Anguish, God and Existentialism
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Book Description
This new textbook is an abridgment of the author's earlier Woody Allen's Angst: Philosophical Commentaries on His Serious Films (McFarland, 1997; “invaluable”-Choice.)
Five main topics are explored: the desire of many of his characters to ground their lives in traditional ethical values despite their realization that such values may no longer be certain; the opposition between pessimism and optimism throughout his films; gender issues relating to romantic love, sexual desire, and the ongoing changes in our cultural expectations of both men and women; the idea that contemporary American society is rapidly descending into barbarism precisely because of societal failure to maintain a sense of individual moral responsibility; and a critique of psychoanalysis as a method for understanding human behavior.
About the Author
Sander H. Lee is also the author of Woody Allen's Angst: Philosophical Commentaries on His Serious Films (1997, $49.95). He lives in Ashuelot, New Hampshire.
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