FILM AS PHILOSOPHY: ESSAYS ON CINEMA AFTER WITTGENSTEIN AND CAVELL; ED. BY RUPERT READ

A Series Of Essays On Film And Philosophy Whose Authors - Philosophers Or Film Studies Experts - Write On A Wide Variety Of Films: Classic Hollywood Comedies, War Films, Eastern European Art Films, Science Fiction, Showing How Film And Watching It Can Not Only Illuminate Philosophy But, In An Important Sense, Be Doing Philosophy. The Book Is Crowned With An Interview With Wittgensteinian Philosopher Stanley Cavell, Discussing His Interests In Philosophy And In Film And How They Can Come Together. Introduction I : A Philosopher Goes To The Cinema / Jerry Goodenough -- Introduction Ii : What Theory Of Film Do Wittgenstein And Cavell Have? / Rupert Read -- Pt. I. Essays -- Cogito Ergo Film : Plato, Descartes And Fight Club / Nancy Bauer -- In Space, No-one Can Hear You Scream : Acknowledging The Human Voice In The Alien Universe / Stephen Mulhall -- Memento : A Philosophical Investigation / Phil Hutchinson And Rupert Read -- The Everdayness Of Don Giovanni / Simon Glendinning -- Silent Dialogue : Philosophising With Jan Svankmajer / David Rudrum -- Calm : On Terence Malick's The Thin Red Line / Simon Critchley -- Habitual Remarriage : The Ends Of Happiness In The Palm Beach Story / Stuart Klawans -- Pt. Ii. Interview -- 'what Becomes Of Thinking On Film?' / Stanley Cavell. Edited By Rupert Read And Jerry Goodenough. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 210-214) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 7 Notes on Contributors......Page 8 Introduction I A Philosopher Goes to the Cinema......Page 12 Introduction II What Theory of Film Do Wittgenstein and Cavell Have?......Page 40 Part I Essays......Page 48 Cogito Ergo Film: Plato, Descartes and Fight Club......Page 50 In Space, No-one Can Hear You Scream: Acknowledging the Human Voice in the Alien Universe......Page 68 Memento: A Philosophical Investigation......Page 83 The Everydayness of Don Giovanni......Page 105 Silent Dialogue: Philosophising with Jan Švankmajer......Page 125 Calm: On Terence Malick’s The Thin Red Line......Page 144 Habitual Remarriage: The Ends of Happiness in The Palm Beach Story......Page 160 Part II Interview......Page 176 ‘What Becomes of Thinking on Film?’......Page 178 Bibliography......Page 221 D......Page 226 F......Page 227 L......Page 228 Q......Page 229 Z......Page 230 Why should philosophers be interested in cinema? Or film studies in philosophy? In this lively and thought-provoking book, philosophers and film experts come together to write about a wide range of films: classic Hollywood comedies, war films, Eastern European art films, crime, science fiction, etc. What unites them is a belief that watching film can not only illuminate philosophy, provide examples, illustrate philosophical problems, and so on, but can in an important sense be doing philosophy as well. In turn thinking philosophically can bring to light new aspects of film. The book is crowned with an interview with Wittgensteinian philosopher Stanley Cavell, who discusses his interests in philosophy, how he came to be fascinated by the cinema, and how through his work and publications these two areas have been brought together

This unique volume treats films as philosophy, rather than speaking of films only in relation to philosophy and subjugating the film in question to pre-existing theories. Bringing together essays from some of the leading scholars in the field, the book also features an interview with Stanley Cavell in which he explains his most recent thinking on the belief that films can think; that they can, indeed, function as philosophy. Annotation This unique volume treats films as philosophy, rather than speaking of films only in relation to philosophy and subjugating the film in question to pre-existing theories. Bringing together essays from some of the leading scholars in the field, the book also features an interview with Stanley Cavell in which he explains his most recent thinking on the belief that films can think; that they can, indeed, function as philosophy Developing arguments & readings championed by writers on film who contend that films can think, this is the first volume to treat films as philosophy, rather than subjugating film to pre-existing theories