| Description |
ix, 148 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Continuum aesthetics |
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Continuum aesthetics.
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| Contents |
1. Film as an art -- 2. Realism -- 3. Authorship -- 4. The language of film -- 5. Narration in the fiction film -- 6. The thinking viewer -- 7. The feeling film viewer |
| Summary |
This book is a philosophical study of the art of film. Its motivation is the recent surge of interest among analytic philosophers in the philosophical implications of central issues in film theory and the application of general issues in aesthetics to the specific case of film. Of particular interest are questions concerning the distinctive representational capacities of film art, particularly in relation to realism and narration, the influence of the literary paradigm in understanding film authorship and interpretation, and our imaginative and affective engagement with film. For all of these questions, the author critically compares the most compelling answers, driving home key points with a wide range of film examples |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-142) and index |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Aesthetics.
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| LC no. |
2008010482 |
| ISBN |
0826485227 (hbk.) |
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0826485235 (paperback) |
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9780826485229 (hbk.) |
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9780826485236 (paperback) |
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