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Film has become such an underpinning of art and pop culture that its potential for inspiring serious thought is often overlooked. Our intellectual involvement with film has been minimized as more in the audience want to be merely amazed and entertained. Essays written by both established and cutting-edge philosophers of film concentrate in this work on the value of film in general and the value of certain films in particular for the study and teaching of ideas. The essays explore such topics as the significance of narrative unity for self knowledge in David Lynch s Lost Highway and in...

This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of his life and career, revealing the frequent intersections between Fords personal life and artistic vision. Part one provides an overview of Fords importance in the early development of cinema. Part two focuses on selected aspects of Fords personal life, specifically his genealogy, Irish heritage, and roots in the coastal community of Portland, Maine. Part three situates Fords films within a broader cultural and intellectual context, exploring theories that explain why Fords movies have sparked such interest, debate, and enjoyment...

This book explores the idea of nihilism, emphasized by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, through its appearance in modern popular culture. The author defines and reflects upon nihilism, then explores its manifestation in films and television shows. Among the subjects examined are the award-winning television series The Sopranos and the film noir genre that preceded and influenced it. Films probed include Orson Welles's masterpiece Citizen Kane, the films of Stanley Kubrick, Neil Jordan's controversial The Crying Game and Richard Linklater's unconventional Waking...