Film Screening

Saturday, November 29, 2008
Wittgenstein

Part of Derek Jarman.

Wittgenstein

Date + Time

Saturday, November 29, 2008
3:00 p.m.

Location

Phyllis Wattis Theater

Overview

1993, 75 min.

A theatrical interpretation of the life and ideas of the 20th Century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Through sketches, Jarman presents Wittgenstein as a child, a lover of young men, and a perceptive yet uncompromising academic.

Admission + Ticketing

$5 general; free for SFMOMA members or with museum admission (requires a free ticket, which can be picked up in the Haas Atrium). Double features: films offered on the same date are included in one ticket.

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Support for the Derek Jarman film series is provided by the Susan Wildberg Morgenstein Fund.

Image: Derek Jarman, Wittgenstein (still), 1993; photo courtesy Zeitgeist Films, New York