Film As Philosophy Essays on Cinema after Wittgenstein and Cavell

Name: Film As Philosophy Essays on Cinema after Wittgenstein and Cavell
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ISBN: 9781403997951

ISBN-10: 1403997950

ISBN-13: 9781403997951

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jerry Goodenough, Rupert Read, Rupert Read

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Developing arguments & readings championed by writers on film who contend that films can think, this is the first volume to treat films as philosophy, rather than subjugating film to pre-existing theories.

Book details

List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 11/29/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface


Notes on Contributors



A Philosopher Goes to the Cinema




What Theory of Film Do Wittgenstein and Cavell Have?




Essays


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 Svankmajer



Calm: On Terence Malick's The Thin Red Line



Habitual Remarriage: The Ends of Happiness in The Palm Beach Story




Interview


'What Becomes of Thinking on Film?'


Bibliography