Eighteen Woody Allen Films Analyzed: Anguish, God and Existentialism
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Eighteen Woody Allen Films Analyzed: Anguish, God and Existentialism

This new textbook is an abridgment of the author€s earlier Woody Allen€s Angst: Philosophical Commentaries on His Serious Films (McFarland, 1997; €œinvaluable€€"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.

  • TitleEighteen Woody Allen Films Analyzed: Anguish, God and Existentialism
  • BrandMcFarland & Company
  • ManufacturerMcFarland & Company
  • BindingPaperback
  • ProductGroupBook
  • ColorMulticolor
  • UnitCount1
  • EANs9780786413195