Film, Philosophy, and Reality: Ancient Greece to Godard

ISBN-13: 9780415742115 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 204 str.

Nathan Andersen

Opis

Film, Philosophy, and Reality is a significant original contribution to film-philosophy that shows how thinking about movies can lead us into a richer appreciation and understanding of both reality and the nature of human experience.

Spis treści

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Philosophy and film. Chapter 1. What is philosophy? Chapter 2. What is film? Part II: Appearance and reality. Chapter 3. The appearance of reality: Arrival of the Train. Chapter 4. The philosophy of appearance. Part III: Breathless metaphysics. Introduction. Chapter 5. Cinema and reality. Chapter 6. Film techniques and philosophy. Conclusion. Suggested films. Suggested readings. Glossary.

O autorze

Nathan Andersen teaches philosophy and film studies at Eckerd College in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA. He programs an award-winning cinema series and is the co-director of the "Visions of Nature/Voices of Nature," Environmental Film Festival. He is the author of Shadow Philosophy: Plato’s Cave and Cinema (2014, Routledge), and has published on the history of philosophy, environmental philosophy, and film.