When Wittgenstein and Lyotard Talked with Jack and Jill

This site contains a trailer for a 54 minute movie. It is a dramatized and commercially available production explaining the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Francois Lyotard, the two philosophers who have woven the basic fabric of postmodern theory today.

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If your intent was to go to a site with commentary on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, click here.

 

This fifty-four minute educational film was was directed by Ludo Gielen and published by Paralogic Press. It is available as a DVD (see below for how to purchase.) The script was written by Lois Shawver, a psychologist. The movie presents Wittgenstein's ideas through a fairy tale dramatization in which the famous philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the famous postmodern philosopher, return to life to discuss their work, and its relevance to her studies, with Jill.

You can see Shawver's commentary on Wittgenstein's philosophical Investigations here, and some of her other writing on Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and postmodernism in general, here, here, and here.

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Cast

Wittgenstein............ Ludo Gielen
Lyotard................... Bernard Bruggeman
Jill.......................... Pascale Wouters
Jack........................ Steven de Lelie
Austin.................... Peter Aertsen
narrator.................. Lois Shawver
original music by ... Douglas Kurdys

 

There are three ways to purchase the film, When Wittgenstein and Lyotard Talked with Jack and Jill

  • You can call in your purchase toll free 1-800-431-1579.
  • You can purchase the film through special order through many bookstores. Tell the bookstore that the film is distributed by Ingram.
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