β Scribed by Cynthia A. Freeland (editor), Thomas E. Wartenberg (editor)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
This is a volume of essays on philosophy and film, part of the rising trend among philosophers to incorporate reflections on film into their theorizing. This is an area with a lot of unresolved issues (a "philosophical reading" of film can mean many things) and this collection focuses on some of the tension between the philosophy of film as traditional aesthetics and as part of the new cultural criticism. Topics discussed include the failure of marriage in "Sea of Love" and the representation of racial difference in "Casablanca" and "Ghost".
Dedications
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Philosophy and Film
Part One: General Perspectives
1 The Thought of Movies β’ Stanley Cavell
2 Provocations and Justifications of Film β’ Karen Hanson
3 Morals for Method β’ George M. Wilson
4 Towards an Ontology of the Moving Image β’ Noel Carroll
Part Two: Genres and Tropes
5 Missing Mothers/Desiring Daughters: Framing the Sight of Women β’ Naomi Scheman
6 Failures of Marriage in Sea of Love (The Love of Men, the Respect of Women) β’ Nickolas Pappas
7 Realist Horror β’ Cynthia A. Freeland
8 Black Cupids, White Desires: Reading the Representation of Racial Difference in Casablanca and Ghost β’ Robert Gooding-Williams
9 An Unlikely Couple: The Significance of Difference in White Palace β’ Thomas E. Wartenberg
Part Three: Specific Interpretations
10 2001: Modern Art, and Modern Philosophy β’ Harvey Cormier
11 Spike Leeβs Morality Tales β’ Douglas Kellner
12 Passing in Europa, Europa: Escape into Estrangement β’ Julie Inness
13 The Politics of lnterpretation:The Case of Bergmanβs Persona β’ Kelly Oliver
Index
Contributors
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