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Wittgenstein
- Director: Derek Jarman
- Writer: Ken Butler; Terry Eagleton
- Producer: Tariq Ali; Takashi Asai
CGiii Comment
It's all to do with Wittgenstein's homosexuality and a watered-down look at the philosophy.
Cinematically, it is atrocious...it's a theatre performance filmed without a shred of imagination.
Strangely, it is - possibly - Jarman's most accessible film...but, that doesn't necessarily mean it is of any worth - it's not.
A plodding 70 minutes of typical Jarman indulgence.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), 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.
Cast & Characters
Clancy Chassay as Young Wittgenstein;
Jill Balcon as Leopoldine Wittgenstein;
Sally Dexter as Hermine Wittgenstein;
Gina Marsh as Gretyl Wittgenstein;
Vanya Del Borgo as Helene Wittgenstein;
Ben Scantlebury as Hans Wittgenstein;
Howard Sooley as Kurt Wittgenstein;
David Radzinowicz as Rudolf Wittgenstein;
Jan Latham-Koenig as Paul Wittgenstein;
Tony Peake as Tutor;
Michelle Wade as Tutor;
Tanya Wade as Tutor;
Roger Cook as Tutor;
Anna Campeau as Tutor;
Mike O'Pray as Tutor