Credited cast: | |||
Hannah Arendt | ... |
Herself
(archive footage)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Leon Botstein | ... |
Himself - President of Bard College
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Judith Butler | ... |
Herself
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Alison Darcy | ... |
Hannah Arendt
(voice)
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Adolf Eichmann | ... |
Himself
(archive footage)
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Martin Heidegger | ... |
Himself
(archive footage)
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Hans Jonas | ... |
Himself
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I've seen this complex and absorbing documentary only once and feel I'll need to see it more times before I can really know how to feel about it.
It was certainly involving and thought-provoking but also a bit frustrating in that many of the quotes from Arendt's works and correspondence seemed a bit too truncated (brief or lacking in context) to be understood well.
I couldn't help feeling a longer version of the film would have provided the opportunity for a fuller presentation of her ideas.
Still this was a very interesting film and at least gave me some sense for the life and work of Arendt.
I'm rather hoping the writer/director will use the opportunity of the eventual DVD release of the documentary to flesh out more fully some of Arendt's chief ideas by means of a good audio commentary or other extras.