Film, Theory and Philosophy

The Key Thinkers

Felicity Colman

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781317492436
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory

Philosophy, and in particular continental philosophy, has provided a conceptual underpinning for cinema since its beginnings, especially in the development of cinematic aesthetics. In its turn, film has rethought the abstractions of space and time and the categories of sex and gender and has created new concepts which illuminate phenomenology, metaphysics and epistemology. "Film and Philosophy" brings together leading scholars to provide a detailed overview of the key thinkers who have shaped the field of film philosophy. The thinkers include continental and 'post-continental' philosophers, analytic philosophers, film-makers, film reviewers, sociologists, and cultural theorists.The essays reveal how philosophy can be applied to film analysis and how film can be used to illustrate philosophical problems. But more importantly, the essays explore how film has shaped what philosophy thinks and how philosophy has lead to a reappraisal of film. The book will prove an invaluable reference and guide to readers interested in a deeper understanding of the issues and insights presented by film philosophy." Film and Philosophy" includes essays on: Hugo Munsterberg, Vilem Flusser, Siegfried Kracauer, Theodor Adorno, Antonin Artaud, Henri Bergson, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Emmanuel Levinas, Andre Bazin, Roland Barthes, Serge Daney, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Cavell, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Sarah Kofman, Paul Virilio, Jean Baudrillard, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Fredric Jameson, Felix Guattari, Raymond Bellour, Christian Metz, Julia Kristeva, Laura Mulvey, Homi Bhabha, Slavoj Zizek, Stephen Heath, Alain Badiou, Jacques Ranciere, Leo Bersani, Giorgio Agamben, and Michel Chion.

INDEX

abstraction 11, 14

and amour fou 249

and the body 88

and Cavell 145

and cinema 123, 139

and film image 27

geometrical 78

and Godard 139

and perception 283

philosophical 121

lyrical 227

of quintessence 191

and reality 283

abstractness

and Agamben 49

and Baudrillard 32

and Flusser 33

and Kracauer 44, 49

accident 202

acting 57, 182, 185, 219, 334

and Breaking the Waves 152

and cinematic rhythm 334

and Deleuze 185

and Garbo 150

and heterogeneity 58

and Hollywood methods 182

and knowledge 72

actor 23, 112, 334

and absence 148, 269

and Artaud 61

attire 23

and audience 148

and Bazin 108

body 23, 82

and capitalism 334

character 188, 269

as décor 108

and Derrida 165

and encounters 188

facial expression 25

hair 112

hand 82, 182

and identities 188

as image 185

and the imaginary 269

and “Method” 182

mediums 185

minoritarian 254

and negotiation 301

and new kinds 185

and non-actors 185

and non-professional 248

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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: What is Film-Philosophy?
• Part I What is Cinema?
• Part II Politics of the Cinematic Century
• Part III Cinematic Nature
• Filmography
• Bibliography
• Index