num_pages: 151
description: Derek Jarman's film "Wittgenstein" articulates the themes of this major 20th-century philosopher. Channel 4 television commissioned literary critic Terry Eagleton to write a television play which was eventually filmed by Derek Jarman. This illustrated book includes both the original screenplay &amp; Jarman's very different shooting script. It also contains reflections on Wittgenstein, film &amp; the problems of biography by both Derek Jarman &amp; Terry Eagleton. Terry Eagleton is Britain's most influential radical literary critic. He's been a fellow of four Oxford &amp; Cambridge colleges, &amp; is presently Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at Oxford. Derek Jarman was both a major film-maker &amp; artist, a gay activist &amp; an English patriot. Caravaggio &amp; Blue were both acclaimed feature films. "An imaginative &amp; serious attempt to render its subject's life in form &amp; color."--The New Republic
language: English
title: Wittgenstein: The Terry Eagleton Script and the Derek Jarman Film
titlecomplete: Wittgenstein: The Terry Eagleton Script and the Derek Jarman Film
genres: Film, Philosophy
ratings_count: 16
publisher: British Film Institute (London)