TY - JOUR
T1 - "we will die and will be free"
T2 - A gnostic reading of the double life of veronique
AU - Bradatan, Costica
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PY - 2014/10/2
Y1 - 2014/10/2
N2 - This article has a dual purpose. On the one hand, I propose a Gnostic reading of Krzysztof Kies̈lowski's The Double Life of Veronique (1991). In this interpretation, the figure of the puppeteer, who is eventually revealed to be the maker of the film's story, stands for the Gnostic demiurge. He creates puppet-people only to discard and sacrifice them when he is done performing. On the other hand, I use the film as a springboard for launching a broader philosophical conversation, existentialist in nature, on the notion of world as farce. Participants in this conversation are figures such as Schopenhauer, Dostoevsky and Cioran. Weronika's sacrifice is discussed from these two complementary standpoints.
AB - This article has a dual purpose. On the one hand, I propose a Gnostic reading of Krzysztof Kies̈lowski's The Double Life of Veronique (1991). In this interpretation, the figure of the puppeteer, who is eventually revealed to be the maker of the film's story, stands for the Gnostic demiurge. He creates puppet-people only to discard and sacrifice them when he is done performing. On the other hand, I use the film as a springboard for launching a broader philosophical conversation, existentialist in nature, on the notion of world as farce. Participants in this conversation are figures such as Schopenhauer, Dostoevsky and Cioran. Weronika's sacrifice is discussed from these two complementary standpoints.
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U2 - 10.1080/0969725X.2014.984448
DO - 10.1080/0969725X.2014.984448
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84919711774
SN - 0969-725X
VL - 19
SP - 127
EP - 139
JO - Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities
JF - Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities
IS - 4
ER -