Derrida

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Oct 6, 2016 The audience is quickly burdened with the overbearing zeal of the filmmakers to record this man's private life. With little more than quotes and mildly amusing anecdotes to keep viewers awake, the film seems more like a trivial passion project than anything worth presenting to the larger public. By the time the film comes anywhere close to presenting a justification for its investigation of this reclusive and unfortunately uninteresting figure, it is unlikely that anyone will still be invested enough to care. See more Dec 4, 2015 If Derrida and postmodern thought interests you, you'll love it. I did.Groen's review nails it: The picture's charm lies in the continuing by-play between the filmmakers and their subject, with each side doing its best to deconstruct the other. See more Sep 27, 2015 If you are steeped in the theory of deconstruction and just wish to know more about Derrida's hair cuts and choice of clothing articles you might be pleased with this documentary. If, however, you were hoping for a bit of insight into his ideas you are out of luck. Several quotes are read without any attempt of context or explanation. He prides himself on evading any probing questions on how he and his wife met, but later when he is asked what he would like to know about Heidegger or any other philosophers he says " about their sex life" . When he is asked if he would ever consider psychotherapy he answers with a resounding no. This humble viewer thinks it might have done him some good. Another interesting question he could not answer was "which philosopher would you have liked to be your mother? Clearly he was stumped, because women can think, but philosophers are men. Oh dear. What exactly were the producers of this drivel thinking? See more Sep 20, 2015 derrida epitomizes the insufferable french pseudo-intellectual post-modernist snob. See more Mar 11, 2014 Watched this twice, quite an interesting documentary if you want to know more about the life of this philosopher. See more Oct 6, 2013 I'm not sure you'll leave the movie understanding every nuance of 'deconstruction,' but you'll have a real sense of a sophisticated thinker. See more Read all reviews

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