Philosophical Perspective on Cinema

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Philosophical Perspective on Cinema

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The main premise of Philosophical Perspective on Cinema is simple: Can a visual medium such as cinema put in greater perspective diverse aspects of human experience? Films are usually sorted by genres, but by applying metaphysical/existential categories to cinema, the author enables readers to reflect on the nature and essence of existence by making life appear less transparent to itself. Undoubtedly, the connection between sensual reality and philosophical reflection is often glossed over when the emphasis is placed on theoretical abstractions, and not life itself. While this work is a reflection on the philosophy of existence, the author embraces a practical approach to the metaphysical/existential foundation of human existence.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Metaphysical/Existential Reflection Seeking Qualitative Essences in Cinema
Chapter 1: 2001: An Existential Odyssey
Chapter 2: Andrei Tarkovsky: Truth Endorsed by Life
Chapter 3: Fahrenheit 451: A Brave New World for the New Man
Chapter 4: Citizen Kane: Biography and the Unfinished Sentence
Chapter 5: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, or Socrates in the Desert
Chapter 6: Jean Pierre Melville: Encounters with Conscience
Chapter 7: Seven Thieves: Making the World Gasp
Chapter 8: Curse of the Demon: Of Evil, Myth and Reason
Chapter 9: The Uninvited and Dead of Night: The Ominous Other
Chapter 10: Jacques Tati: Last Bastion of Innocence in Modernity
Conclusion

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Published Dec 30 2024
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 190
ISBN 9781666906240
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 227 x 161 mm
Series Politics, Literature, & Film
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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