Do I exist?: Transcendent subjects and secrets in The Sixth Sense.(Critical essay): An article from: Western Journal of Communication
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Author(s)Christina R. Foust, Charles Soukup
PublisherThomson Gale
ISBN / ASINB000IZIVG2
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From the author: Like many recent films, The Sixth Sense poses existentialist concerns. We argue that the film challenges capitalist regimes of everyday life by creating tension between the post-industrial subject and the "secret" of being. However, the film's narrative ultimately supports the "everyday" with a transcendence that overcomes the other and his secret. While the film resonates with an American culture increasingly wary of consumer and professional identities as the means to experience a full and rich life, the film reinforces the idea that it is through a professional identity that one may comfortably manage the trauma of having one's existence called into question.
Citation Details
Title: Do I exist?: Transcendent subjects and secrets in The Sixth Sense.(Critical essay)
Author: Christina R. Foust
Publication:Western Journal of Communication (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 70 Issue: 2 Page: 115(19)
Article Type: Critical essay
Distributed by Thomson Gale
From the author: Like many recent films, The Sixth Sense poses existentialist concerns. We argue that the film challenges capitalist regimes of everyday life by creating tension between the post-industrial subject and the "secret" of being. However, the film's narrative ultimately supports the "everyday" with a transcendence that overcomes the other and his secret. While the film resonates with an American culture increasingly wary of consumer and professional identities as the means to experience a full and rich life, the film reinforces the idea that it is through a professional identity that one may comfortably manage the trauma of having one's existence called into question.
Citation Details
Title: Do I exist?: Transcendent subjects and secrets in The Sixth Sense.(Critical essay)
Author: Christina R. Foust
Publication:Western Journal of Communication (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 70 Issue: 2 Page: 115(19)
Article Type: Critical essay
Distributed by Thomson Gale
