Wittgenstein
1993 · 75 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 3,037 VOTES · DIR. Derek Jarman
Overview
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.
Dialogue Timeline — 827 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:23 If people did not sometimes...
00:05:05 (Babble of muttering)
00:08:18 Why won't you just admit there's no rhinoceros in this room?
00:11:25 Can you imagine spending your evenings with those pretentious apostles?
00:14:50 I've just heard from Mother that you're going to join up.
00:17:58 "I am a prisoner of war in Monte Cassino under the Italians.
00:20:46 I am going to teach.
00:23:30 If I post this letter to New York, does that strengthen my conviction that the earth exists?
00:25:27 If I can sort out the economies of the world
00:28:13 Why are you all so interesting in him?
00:32:13 No, please, take your time.
00:34:39 Are you mad? You'll ruin the plot.
00:36:57 Come along, Maynard.
00:39:55 Philosophy just states what everyone admits.
00:42:07 But it can't give us a picture of how it does that.
00:44:19 well, I suppose...
00:47:58 I want to work as a manual labourer, either in a factory or on a collective farm.
00:50:36 I haven't the foggiest.
00:53:22 Both.
00:56:17 This soul is a prisoner of his own body
00:59:16 I came to see that there are lots of different things we do with language.
01:01:27 Not the Soviet Union again?
01:04:20 Sadly, I didn't have a sense of humour.
01:08:08 to a filthy-rich family in Vienna.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed827
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:00:23
Final line01:08:08
Production Record
DirectorDerek Jarman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,037