Wittgenstein Movie Review 1993

Complicated, experimental portrait of Viennese-born philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (Johnson), executed as a series of blackout sketches (that feature a green Martian dwarf and such friends as Bertrand Russell and Ottoline Morrell). Assumes a familiarity with the eccentric Wittgenstein's ideas but does manage to convey some emotion and wit.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 75 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Big Ideas, This Is Your Life, Gays

Screenplay

Derek Jarman, Terry Eagleton, Ken Butler

Cast

Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Tilda Swinton, John Quentin, Nabil Shaban

Director

Derek Jarman

Producer

Tariq Alt, Zeitgeist Films