Film as Philosophy

Palgrave Macmillan

2005

230 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-214) and index

9780230524262

Cover; Contents; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Introduction I A Philosopher Goes to the Cinema; Introduction II What Theory of Film Do Wittgenstein and Cavell Have?; Cogito Ergo Film: Plato, Descartes and Fight Club; In Space, No-one Can Hear You Scream: Acknowledging the Human Voice in the Alien Universe; Memento: A Philosophical Investigation; The Everydayness of Don Giovanni; Silent Dialogue: Philosophising with Jan Švankmajer; Calm: On Terence Malick's The Thin Red Line; Habitual Remarriage: The Ends of Happiness in The Palm Beach Story; 'What Becomes of Thinking on Film?'; Bibliography IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

A series of essays on film and philosophy whose authors - philosophers or film studies experts - write on a wide variety of films: classic Hollywood comedies, war films, Eastern European art films, science fiction, showing how film and watching it can not only illuminate philosophy but, in an important sense, be doing philosophy. The book is crowned with an interview with Wittgensteinian philosopher Stanley Cavell, discussing his interests in philosophy and in film and how they can come together

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