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Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Unprecedented in its intellectual ambition, this is endlessly stimulating; it probably tries for too much, but it shames many other contemporary essays that try for too little.
The Ister
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- Australia
- 2004
- · 189m
Director
David Barison
Cast
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe,
Jean-Luc Nancy,
Bernard Stiegler,
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Genre
Documentary
The Ister travels 3000km to the heart of Europe, from the mouth of the Danube river on the Black Sea, to its source in the German Black Forest. The film is based on the work of Martin Heidegger, a philosopher who swore allegiance to the National Socialists in 1933, and invites reflection on the concept of ‘the West.’
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80
The New York Times
The Ister asks you not to think, but to think hard. Your reward, given in proportion to your level of attention, commitment and participation, is to see the simplest things in a new light, possessed of vast new dimensions.
80
Variety by Scott Foundas
Tyro helmers David Barison and Daniel Ross have sunk their teeth into a heady intellectual stew, and results are invigorating thanks to the filmmakers' inspired linkage of images and ideas and commentaries from three of the world's leading philosophers.
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The New York Times by Nathan Lee
The Ister asks you not to think, but to think hard. Your reward, given in proportion to your level of attention, commitment and participation, is to see the simplest things in a new light, possessed of vast new dimensions.
70
Village Voice by J. Hoberman
The headiest, head-scratching-est, damnedest, most demanding movie opening this week in New York, The Ister could be simply described as a philosophical travelogue.
60
Empire
'Highbrow' might be the best way to sum it all up. Interesting and stimulating, if not always successful.
60
Empire by Staff (Not Credited)
'Highbrow' might be the best way to sum it all up. Interesting and stimulating, if not always successful.
50
San Francisco Chronicle by John McMurtrie
A film about profound ideas deserved more imagination.
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