Wittgenstein

1993·Movie
1h 9min
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If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.

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Directed by:
Derek Jarman, James Welland
Written by:
Terry Eagleton, Derek Jarman, Ken Butler
Produced by:
Takashi Asai, Ben Gibson, Tariq Ali
Composed by:
Jan Latham-Koenig

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