New philosophies of film : thinking images / Robert Sinnerbrink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinnerbrink, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

x, 247 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2011.

Summary:

The relationship between film and philosophy has become a topic of intense intellectual interest. But how should we understand this relationship? Can philosophy renew our understanding of fiim? Can film challenge or even transform how we understand philosophy? New Philosophies of Film explores these questions in relation to both Analytic and Continental philosophies of film. Sinnerbrink not only provides lucid critical analyses of the exciting developments and contentious debates in the new philosophies of film, but also showcases how a pluralist film-philosophy works in the case of three challenging contemporary filmmakers: David Lynch, Lars von Trier, and Terrence Malick. New Philosophies of Film thus puts interdisciplinary film-philosophy into practice, and should be of great interest to students and researchers working across the disciplines of philosophy, film studies, and cultural studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: why did philosophy go to the movies?

The analytic-cognitivist turn. The empire strikes back: critiques of "grand theory"

The rules of the game: new ontologies of film

Adaptation: philosophical approaches to narrative

From cognitivism to film-philosophy. A.I.: cognitivism goes to the movies

Bande à part: Deleuze and Cavell as film-philosophers

Scenes from a marriage: film as philosophy

Cinematic thinking. Hollywood in trouble: David Lynch's Inland empire

"Chaos reigns": anti-cognitivism in Lars von trier's Antichrist

Song of the earth: cinematic romanticism in Malick's The new world

Coda: "the six most beautiful minutes in the history of cinema".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

ISBN:

1441153438

9781441122575

1441122575

OCLC:

657603139

Publisher Number:

99945109192