Film, Nihilism and the Restoration of Belief

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This book will discuss the means by which some filmmakers have grasped the vocation of resisting and transforming the present, of cultivating new forms of belief in the world when total alienation seems inevitable. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Film, Nihilism and the Restoration of Belief , please sign up.

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Argues that the awkwardness of our age is a key to understanding human experience. Film, Nihilism and the Restoration of Belief This book explores the possibility that cinema can challenge our contemporary nihilism and restore belief in new transformative possibilities for life. Buy this Paperback at these online retailers: Buy this e-book at these online retailers: Darren Ambrose Darren Ambrose is an academic with a research specialism in the philosophy of film and the arts.

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