Taking fiction film seriously a philosophical approach to cinema studies Mario Slugan

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slugan, Mario, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury Academic 2025

Summary:

"Fiction film has been and remains the privileged site of film studies, with film history regularly being viewed as the rise of the narrative fiction film. Taking Fiction Film Seriously argues that despite this privileged position, the notion of fiction as it relates to cinema, has yet to be properly interrogated. Mario Slugan explores the significant misunderstandings concerning the categorisation of film, audience experience, and the real-life effects of fiction. He contends with the contradictory assumption that fiction films have tangible effects on audiences' beliefs and behaviours, while also intuitively being 'not true' or not to be believed in. Slugan analyses the notion of 'fiction' from a theoretical and historical perspective, considering how it manifests in a broad range of films from the past 110 years, including The Arrival of a Train (Lumière brothers, 1895-1897), The Blair Witch Project (Myrick and Sánchez, 1999), and Waltz with Bashir (Folman, 2008). He supports his close readings with findings from philosophy, psychology, and literary studies, and in doing so seeks to challenge the current state of film studies"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Fiction as challenge to cinema studies

Philosophy of fiction

The temporally unstable primacy of mandate

Mandated imagination in fiction film

Imaginative resistance and the richness of imagining

Imagination and emotional engagement with characters

Fiction, belief and knowledge acquisition

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed September 18, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Slugan, Mario, 1983- Taking fiction film seriously

ISBN:

9781350505704

1350505706

9781350505681

1350505684

9781350505698

1350505692

OCLC:

1520506198

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