Wittgenstein at the Movies is centered on in-depth explorations of two intriguing experimental films on Wittgenstein: Derek Jarman's Wittgenstein and PZter ForgOcs' Wittgenstein Tractatus. The featured essays look at cinematic interpretations of Wittgenstein's life and philosophy in a manner bound to provoke the lively interest of Wittgenstein scholars, film theorists, students of film aesthetics and artistic modernism, and those concerned with the world of Cambridge in the first half of the twentieth century.

Ludwig Wittgenstein loved movies, and based on his remarks on watching them, there is a strong connection between his experience of watching films and his thoughts on aesthetics. Furthermore, however, Wittgenstein himself has been invoked in recent cinema. Wittgenstein at the Movies is centered on in-depth explorations of two intriguing experimental films on Wittgenstein: Derek Jarman's Wittgenstein and PZter ForgOcs' Wittgenstein Tractatus. The featured essays look at cinematic interpretations of Wittgenstein's life and philosophy in a manner bound to provoke the lively interest of Wittgenstein scholars, film theorists, and students of film aesthetics. As well, the book engages a broader audience concerned with philosophical issues about film and Wittgenstein's cultural significance, with the world of fin-de-si_cle Vienna, of Cambridge in the first half of the twentieth century, of artistic modernism.

Chapter 1 Wittgenstein at the Movies: An Introduction
Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Showing, Not Saying: Filming a Philosophical Genius
Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Remarks on the Scripts for Derek Jarman'sWittgenstein
Chapter 4 Chapter 3. The World Hued: Jarman and Wittgenstein on Colour
Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Sketches of Landscapes: Wittgenstein afterWittgenstein
Chapter 6 Chapter 5. "How It Was Then": Home Movies as History in Péter Forgács'sMeanwhile Somewhere…
Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Meaning Through Pictures: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Péter Forgács
Chapter 8 Chapter 7. Beyond Text and Image: Péter Forgács and hisWittgenstein Tractatus