The examined life Abstract While Snow gets the correct social setting in his novels, it is for him only the external layer. He has a good documentary eye and sharp sense for any currents afloat in the air, but his main interests are the human being functioning within society and the examin...
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Backed by sharp political orientation, documentary as promoter didn’t intend to reveal the hidden truth of life, nor did it leave conclusions to viewers, instead, it tried to impose a certain ideological viewpoint onto the audiences, whether it was, communism or capitalism, inevitably, the foot...
Examined Lifeboldly takes philosophy out of the dark corners of the academy and into the streets, reminding us that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the hustle and bustle of everyday life, not in isolation from it. A companion to Astra Taylor’s documentary film, the book...
The book came out in 2009 to all sorts of critical acclaim, spent months on the nonfiction best-seller lists, and became one of the primary sources for the Ken Burns documentary on Prohibition for PBS. So, there has been plenty of time and occasion for people to talk about the book. ...
The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don’t have to know any philoso...
The documentary series, "Ansna" which consists of 17 episodes and focuses on different artists in each episode, is a musicthemed documentary series that stands out in the study. In each episode of the related documentary series, the life story and works of the artist fea...
With their first narrative feature, documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin take viewers into the life of one of America's most well-known swimmers. Based on the 2015 memoir Find a Way, Nyad stars Annette Bening as Diana Nyad and depicts her highly-publicized 2013 swim ...
‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson during their childhood. Dedicated fans of Michael Jackson responded by protesting against the broadcasting of the documentary on British television. In addition, many accused the men interviewed in the documentary of making up the story for personal gain (Reilly2019)...
Stalin's Wife - The Documentary Film by Slava Tsukerman. Stalin's Wife is a fascinating portrait of the spouse of the Russian dictator.