12 Monkeys
Title:
12 Monkeys
ISBN:
9781999334017
9781800347298
9781999334000
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Publication Information New:
Leighton Buzzard : Auteur, 2019.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Series:
Constellations
Constellations.
Contents:
Intro; Contents; 1. 'A Spectacular Mess': Synopsis; 2. Pushing the (Reset) Button: Why You Can't Start Over; 3. 'Thank you, Einstein': Why You Can't Turn Back Time; 4. On Mis/Perceptions of Reality; 5. The Human Condom and Other Signs of Loneliness; 6. Free Will, Determinism and Doing What You're Told; 7. Strangers on a Plane: On Not Answering the Big Question; 8. More Monkeys: The TV series; 9. Coda: Gilliam's Art of the Possible; Bibliography/Filmography
Abstract:
This volume examines Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys (1995) with an eye to the film's major themes, including mental illness, conspiracy theories, the impossibility of human closeness, and the nature of reality. It reads 12 Monkeys's portrayal of time travel in light of Einstein's ideas about time and the problem of free will versus determinism.
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Language:
English