Experiments in Film and Philosophy
Experiments in Film and Philosophy
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Author(s): Falzon, Christopher
ISBN No.: 9781032075822
Pages: 200
Year: 202311
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 238.00
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (Forthcoming)

Christopher Falzon argues in this book for a new way of understanding film as philosophy. Inspired and informed by the work of Michel Foucault, Falzon shows how a motion picture can operate not simply as a thought experiment but as a form of experience-centred, experimental reflection. It is film's ability to show viewers things that challenge their way of thinking, giving them experiences that can make them think differently, that gives the film its status as philosophy. Through these cinematic experiences, not only cultural norms and presuppositions but also cinematic conventions, and even established philosophical positions, can be interrogated and questioned. Experiments in Film and Philosophy explores three films in the light of this new way of thinking about philosophy and film: Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless , Rubin Ötlund's Force Majeure , and Jonathon Glazer's Under the Skin . It will be of interest to advanced students and scholars interested in the current debates about the relationship between film and philosophy.


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