Wittgenstein

In his highly stylized fashion, Derek Jarman explores the mind of the 20th century Viennese philosopher.

"...Swinton, Michael Gough, Clancy Chassnay and John Quentin. With Wittgenstein, film director Jarman explores the mind of the twentieth-century..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

JLG by JLG

"...fragments to himself, taking walks, reciting aloud passages from Wittgenstein and Johnny Guitar, looking at a childhood picture of..."

June 16, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amazing Journey

Six from Britain's bad-boy directors

"...and queer sensibilities that, unsurprisingly, mirror the filmmaker's own. Wittgenstein, Jarman's fantastically colorful and stagey (but never stage-bound) pseudo-biography..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Facing the Media

Who is Young-Min Kang? That's what he wants to know.

"...Kurt Cobain. And he's been deeply influenced by Ludwig Wittgenstein and Marcel Duchamp...."

March 25, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ex Machina

Smart, sinister sci-fi film about human error and techno-terror

"...He’s playing a brainiac at ease with both Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Bhagavad Gita, but it’s Isaac’s physicality, the..."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fables of the Reconstruction

Denise Prince reveals her Tractatus 7.

"...version of Denise Prince's Tractatus 7, the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein is seen in close-up profile. He says: "Whereof one..."

Sept. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

El Paraiso

The Rude Mechs took a road trip to see the Marfa lights, and their journey has been translated by playwright Kirk Lynn, director Shawn Sides, and a gifted ensemble into a raucous, sweet, funny, fanciful meditation on the tension between desire and intellect, and heaven as embodied in the land called Texas.

"...of a sheriff, his relentless pursuer is philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, seeking him to pose the question, "Who decides what..."

May 17, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Coffee Table Books That Depict and Provide Escape From

"...table books, I think about a remark philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein made in a notebook in 1937: "The horrors of..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Mister Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to author Kimberley Cornish, it was philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein who led Adolph Hitler to become anti-Semitic. A classmate..."

March 13, 1998 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Most Read Film Reviews of 2015

How to enrage God's flock in 322 words or less

"...He’s playing a brainiac at ease with both Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Bhagavad Gita, but it’s Isaac’s physicality, the..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Human Condition

Ex Machina writer/director Alex Garland on robots, sex, and the collaborative spirit

"...dress – a portrait of [the sister of Ludwig] Wittgenstein, a philosopher referenced repeatedly in the film. What that..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Kirk Lynn

For he's a jolly good fellow

"...most corrupting books they house there: Judy Blume and Wittgenstein."..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

For He's a Jolly Good Fellow

Kirk Lynn earns a $50K fellowship from United States Artists

"...most corrupting books they house there: Judy Blume and Wittgenstein."..."

Dec. 5, 2011 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Derek Jarman Collection

Witness Derek Jarman's powerful use of spectacle – it's no wonder everyone steals from him

"...The Devils and late-career directorial efforts Edward II and Wittgenstein. Of this selection, I'd previously seen only The Tempest,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Tuber

First place

"...then, and he wanted complete access. Now, he reads Wittgenstein and excites over symbols that aren't symbols of anything,..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Mark Grayson Mayer

Brawl in the Family

It's Round 10 of the Rude Mechanicals' annual fundraiser, and the Black Eye Ball promises to pack enough punch to send a herd of Santa Gertrudis to Slumberland

"...sets his jump rope near an autographed copy of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Grammar. "You know," says Lynn, "I have a..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Down at the Jinn Mill

Austin's dirigo group prepare to premiere the best new play one could wish for

"...with a Remington 12-gauge, and parsing the philosophies of Wittgenstein. He's also a popular and critically respected playwright whose..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Onstage Works of Wonder in 2002

Austin Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires delivers his list of the Top 10 most memorable productions in the performing arts for 2002.

"...its whiskey showdowns, country karaoke, horse trough bath/battle, and Wittgenstein trailing James Dean, this ode to Texas -- penned..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The UT symposium "From Text to Performance: Law and Other Performing Arts" proved to be a stimulating blend of scholarly thought, intellectual inquiry, thoughtful performance, amicable conversation, fiery debate, and amusing anecdotes.

"...of the time over to an incongruously present Ludwig Wittgenstein (Guion again, here bright-eyed and enthusiastic), who proceeded to..."

March 15, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Botched Metamorphosis

"...to the hinterlands), so Gregor is soon conversing with Wittgenstein and Robert Musil. Since there is only so much..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

At Long Last Love

Love will get you when you least expect it. So it goes in Charles Mee's Big Love, a vigorous update of the ancient Greek drama The Suppliants, and so it went when the Rude Mechanicals theatre company saw the play. They fell unexpectedly and unabashedly head over heels for it and are staging it now in what they describe as "a huge love affair."

"...myself.' I think we might be more comfortable explaining Wittgenstein or making jokes about Chomsky, saying, 'Look, we're funny..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Adult Rodeo

"...place, yes, but so was Blake. And Beefheart. And Wittgenstein. And Waits. You get the picture. (Wednesday, March 14,..."

March 9, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

The Philosophers: Introducing Great Western Thinkers

"...Hacker, for example, provides an excellent eight-page synopsis of Wittgenstein. As a reference work, The Philosophers is no less..."

June 9, 2000 Books Review by Ada Calhoun

Terminal Hip: On the Brink of Coherence

The script for Mac Wellman's Terminal Hip is gibberish – literally – but that doesn't stop actor Dan Dietz and director Jason Neulander from creating a viscerally pleasing explosion of language.

"...don't believe him, so complete does his world appear. Wittgenstein said, "To imagine a language is to imagine a..."

April 7, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...1. Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt 2. Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius by Ray Monk 3. Elementals:..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

Christopher Isherwood

The Diaries

"...part and parcel of his waking existence. Like Ludwig Wittgenstein's remarks in his journal of sorts, Culture and Value,..."

April 4, 1997 Books Feature by Clay Smith