| Description |
ix, 219 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction I : a philosopher goes to the cinema / Jerry Goodenough -- Introduction II : what theory of film do Wittgenstein and Cavell have? / Rupert Read -- Pt. I. Essays -- Cogito Ergo film : Plato, Descartes and Fight club / Nancy Bauer -- In space, no-one can hear you scream : acknowledging the human voice in the alien universe / Stephen Mulhall -- Memento : a philosophical investigation / Phil Hutchinson and Rupert Read -- The everdayness of Don Giovanni / Simon Glendinning -- Silent dialogue : philosophising with Jan Svankmajer / David Rudrum -- Calm : on Terence Malick's The thin red line / Simon Critchley -- Habitual remarriage : the ends of happiness in The Palm Beach story / Stuart Klawans -- Pt. II. Interview -- 'What becomes of thinking on film?' / Stanley Cavell |
| Summary |
'Building on the work of Wittgenstein and Cavell, this anthology draws our attention to ways in which film can be understood as philosophical texts and movie-goers can engage in philosophical investigation. In an assessable format, each author expertly guides us through issues related to memory, identity, reality and appearance, myth, the nature of self, free moral choice, Otherness, and conditions for personhood. In these pages are puzzle-games, jokes and riddles, feminist nightmares, and food for thought surrounding male violence, cannibalism, and myriad narratives about voice, voicelessness, dislocated voices, and the concept of order. We are drawn into discussions about camera angles, color, light and dark, voiceovers, pacing, and music. The topics raised in these pages are so compelling they call for course development. Philosophical ideas are extended as they are placed in context of the relatively new medium of film. As we learn from these authors, by learning to 'read' films, the potential exists to expand the focus of philosophical engagement from university classrooms to the more public space of the movie theatre. As David Ruben claims, films 'tempt us toward philosophical insight'. Film as philosophy is an idea, and a book, that can be easily embraced.' --Professor Kristin Congdon, Department of Art and Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida, USA." |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Goodenough, Jerry.
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Read, Rupert J., 1966-
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| LC no. |
2005047530 |
| ISBN |
140394900X (cloth) |
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1403997950 (paperback) |
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9781403949004 (hbk.) |
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9781403997951 (paperback) |
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