Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures An Anthology

Name: Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures An Anthology
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ISBN: 9781405120272

ISBN-10: 1405120274

ISBN-13: 9781405120272

Edition: 2006

Authors: Noï¿½l Carroll, Jinhee Choi

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Designed for classroom use, this authoritative anthology presents key selections from the best contemporary work in philosophy of film. The featured essays have been specially chosen for their clarity, philosophical depth, and consonance with the current move towards cognitive film theory Eight sections with introductions cover topics such as the nature of film, film as art, documentary cinema, narration and emotion in film, film criticism, and film's relation to knowledge and morality Issues addressed include the objectivity of documentary films, fear of movie monsters, and moral questions surrounding the viewing of pornography Replete with examples and discussion of moving…

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List price: $72.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/26/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.60" wide x 9.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English

Justin Bowyer is the author of Conversations with Jack Cardiff(2003) and a freelance writer.



Acknowledgments


General Introduction



Film as Art


Introduction



Photography and Representation




The Aesthetics of Photographic Transparency




Everybody Gets a Cut: DVDs Give Viewers Dozens of Choices - and that's the Problem




What Is Film?


Introduction



The World Viewed




A Note on the Film




Vision and Dream in the Cinema




The Long Goodbye: The Imaginary Language of Film




Moving Pictures




Defining the Moving Image




Documentary


Introduction



Visible Traces: Documentary and the Contents of Photographs




Fiction, Non-Fiction, and the Film of Presumptive Assertion: A Conceptual Analysis




Film Narrative/Narration


Introduction



Le Grand Imagier Steps Out: The Primitive Basis of Film Narration




Unreliability Refigured: Narrative in Literature and Film




Film and Emotion


Introduction



Film, Emotion, and Genre




Fearing Fictions




Empathy and (Film) Fiction




Identification and Emotion in Narrative Film




In Fictional Shoes: Mental Simulation and Fiction




Topics in Film Criticism


Introduction



Morals for Method




Cinematic Authorship




National Cinema, the Very Idea




Film and Ethics


Introduction



Film Criticism and Virtue Theory




Beauty and Evil: The Case of Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will




A First Look at the Pornography/Civil Rights Ordinance: Could Pornography Be the Subordination of Women?




Film and Knowledge


Introduction



The Philosophical Limits of Film




Minerva in the Movies: Relations Between Philosophy and Film




Motion Pictures as a Philosophical Resource



Select Bibliography



Index