| Description |
xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Part I: Do We Need Film Theory? -- Introduction -- 1. Prospects for Film Theory: A Personal Assessment / Noël Carroll -- 2. Can Scientific Models of Theorizing Help Film Theory? / Malcolm Turvey -- 3. Philosophy of Film as the Creation of Concepts / Gilles Deleuze -- Part II: What Is the Nature of Film? -- 4. Defining the Photoplay / Hugo Münsterberg -- 5. The Artistry of Silent Film / Rudolf Arnheim -- 6. Cinematic Realism / André Bazin -- 7. Film, Photography, and Transparency / Kendall L. Walton -- 8. Non-fictional Cinematic Artworks and Knowledge / Trevor Ponech -- Part III: Do Films Have Authors? -- 9. La Politique des Auteurs / François Truffaut -- 10. Auteur Theory and Film Evaluation / Andrew Sarris -- 11. The Idea of Film Criticism / Pauline Kael -- 12. Against Authorship / Stephen Heath -- 13. DVDs and the Director's Intentions / Deborah Parker and Mark Parker -- |
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Part IV: How Do Films Engage Our Emotions? --14. Narrative Desire / Gregory Currie -- 15. Spectator Emotion and Ideological Film Criticism / Carl Plantinga -- 16. Engaging Characters / Murray Smith -- 17. The Paradox of Horror / Noël Carroll -- Part V: Must Films Have Narrators? -- 18. Principles of Film Narration / David Bordwell -- 19. The Cinematic Narrator / Seymour Chatman -- Narration as Showing / George M. Wilson -- Part VI: Can Films Be Socially Critical? -- 21. The Politics of Representation / Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner -- But Would You Want Your Daughter To Marry One? Politics and Race in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner / Thomas E. Wartenberg -- 23. Stella at the Movies: Class, Critical Spectatorship, and Melodrama in Stella Dallas / Angela Curran -- Part VII: What Can We Learn From Films? -- 24. Knowledge as Transgression: It Happened One Night / Stanley Cavell -- 25. Realist Horror / Cynthia A. Freeland -- 26. Philosophy Screened: Experiencing The Matrix / Thomas E. Wartenberg -- 27. Virtue and Happiness in Groundhog Day / Joseph H. Kupfer |
| Summary |
Summary: "The Philosophy of Film draws readings from philosophy, film studies, and film criticism. Organized around a series of philosophic questions about film, it offers an accessible and engaging overview of the discipline. Readings from contrasting angles and points of view discuss the value of film theory, the nature of film narration, the debate on whether films can be socially critical, and the question of what we can learn from film." "Offering clear and helpful section introductions and thought-provoking reading questions, this book is the ideal primary textbook for undergraduate courses on the philosophy of film or philosophically oriented courses in film theory."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Wartenberg, Thomas E.
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Curran, Angela.
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| LC no. |
2004022204 |
| ISBN |
140511441X alkaline paper |
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1405114428 paperback alkaline paper |
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