What is it about?
Screenwriter Pamela Katz tells the story of her journey with legendary director Margarethe von Trotta. Together, they convinced themselves it was possible to make a film not only about a thinker, but about the act of thinking itself.
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We live in a world that requires profound reflection — political, social and personal — and yet it is an act that becomes more rare with each passing day. This essay explains not only the process by which a thinker and thinking can be transformed into exciting cinema, but also the reasons why it resonated with such a large audience all over the world.
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This page is a summary of: "But She’s a Thinker", differences, September 2015, Duke University Press,
DOI: 10.1215/10407391-3145985.
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