Immortality, the Good Life and Romantic Love in Groundhog Day and Only Lovers Left Alive
Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) and Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013) are fantasy films that use the device of practical immortality in order to raise important philosophical questions about what constitutes a good life and to explore the nature of romantic love. Groundhog Day provides...
Main Author: | Rick Zinman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
2022-10-01
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Series: | Film-Philosophy |
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Online Access: | https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/film.2022.0208 |
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