Ophélie Wolf
Hello and thank you for reading this!
I am a recent graduate from the Department of Philosophy, King’s College London. Writing was a very important part of my degree, during which I mostly focussed my attention on the study of Ethics, Political Philosophy and Aesthetics.
I am now a freelance theatre director and part-time writer. My main interests are in the Arts: from Fringe Theatre productions to the National Theatre, from popular Literature to the one and only William Shakespeare, all of those being united by the philosophical quest for meaning and for understanding… yet, most of my time is spent meditating on the Cinema, Film Philosophy and the Philosophy of certain Films.
I am 21 with a rather international background and a lot of creative ideas and shall attempt to entertain you with my Film and Theatre reviews, my thoughts on Philosophy and my interpretation of the meaning of Art in contemporary society.
My debut article for Suite 101 shall be my analysis of Christopher Nolan’s underrated 2006 film The Prestige, which will set the tone for my cinematographic preferences. It may well be followed by a study of the ethical value of The Dark Knight (2008) and of the metaphysical depths of Inception (2010)…
Latest Articles
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Film Review: London Boulevard, William Monahan (2010)
Academy Award winner William Monahan's (Best Screenplay: The Departed) directing debut: a thriller starring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley and David Thewlis
Dec 12, 2010
- Ophélie Wolf
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Woody Allen, Shadows & Fog (1991): Kafkaesque Meditation on Death
A kafkaesque and philosophical adaptation of Allen's early play Death (1975): artistic entertainment as a reaction to mortality
Dec 5, 2010
- Ophélie Wolf
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Ten Films to Buy this Christmas: Recent DVD and Blu-Ray Releases
From Despicable Me to Metropolis: ten recent DVD releases which will please friends and relatives for Christmas
Dec 5, 2010
- Ophélie Wolf
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Film Review: The American, Anton Corbijn (2010)
Control-director's new feature starring George Clooney: a slow walk towards death. A challenging but great film with an outstanding central performance
Dec 4, 2010
- Ophélie Wolf
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Seen and Unseen in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Film & philosophy: realism and idealism, dreams and reality in Kubrick's last film
Nov 30, 2010
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Film Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (2010)
David Yates' take on the first part of the last book in the series: a dark but humerous journey (starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint)
Nov 28, 2010
- Ophélie Wolf
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Chris Nolan, Batman Begins (2005): Film & Hegelian Philosophy
A Hegelian construction but an anti-Hegelian view of history: the first part of Nolan's Batman franchise.
Nov 22, 2010
- Ophélie Wolf
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Nolan, The Dark Knight (2008): Part III - Heroes & Responsibility
Action and ethics - The Dark Knight: a hero with a superhuman sense of responsibility
Nov 14, 2010
- Ophélie Wolf
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Nolan, The Dark Knight (2008): Part II - Collateral Damage
Action and ethics - the problem of collateral damage: utilitarianism V Kantianism in The Dark Knight
Nov 14, 2010
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Nolan, The Dark Knight (2008): Part I - The Origin of Morality
Action & ethics - the question of the origin of morality in The Dark Knight
Nov 14, 2010
- Ophélie Wolf
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