Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-178) and index
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Introduction: Wittgenstein at the movies -- John Ford's The searchers as an allegory of the philosophical search -- A the usual suspects moment in Vertigo: the epistemology of identity -- The American sublime in Fargo -- Visions of meaning: seeing and non-seeing in Crimes and misdemeanors -- Oedipus techs: time travel as redemption in The terminator and 12 monkeys -- Into the toilet: some classical aesthetic themes raised by a scene in Trainspotting -- Horror and death at the movies -- Conclusion: the dialectics of interpretation.