Where film meets philosophy : Godard, Resnais, and experiments in cinematic thinking / Hunter Vaughan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughan, Hunter.

Series:

Film and Culture Series

Film and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930---Criticism and interpretation.

Godard, Jean-Luc.

Resnais, Alain, 1922---Criticism and interpretation.

Resnais, Alain.

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hunter Vaughan interweaves phenomenology and semiotics to analyze cinema's ability to challenge conventional modes of thought. Merging Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception with Gilles Deleuze's image-philosophy, Vaughan applies a rich theoretical framework to a comparative analysis of Jean-Luc Godard's films, which critique the audio-visual illusion of empirical observation (objectivity), and the cinema of Alain Resnais, in which the sound-image generates innovative portrayals of individual experience (subjectivity). Both filmmakers radically upend conventional film practices and challenge philosophical traditions to alter our understanding of the self, the world, and the relationship between the two. Films discussed in detail include Godard's Vivre sa vie (1962), Contempt (1963), and 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967); and Resnais's Hiroshima, mon amour (1959), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), and The War Is Over (1966). Situating the formative works of these filmmakers within a broader philosophical context, Vaughan pioneers a phenomenological film semiotics linking two disparate methodologies to the mirrored achievements of two seemingly irreconcilable artists.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Where Film Meets Philosophy

1. Phenomenology and The Viewing Subject

2. Film Connotation And The Signified Subject

3. Sound, Image, And The Order Of Meaning

4. Alain Resnais And The Code Of Subjectivity

5. Jean-Luc Godard And The Code Of Objectivity

Conclusion: Where Film And Philosophy May Lead

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231530828

023153082X

OCLC:

826997368