| Film and Knowledge: Essays on the Integration of Images and Ideas Contributor(s): Stoehr, Kevin L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0786413204 ISBN-13: 9780786413201 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: 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 Lynchs Lost Highway; and in Paul Schraders Affliction; ambiguity and responsibility in Akira Kurosawas Rashomon; consciousness and cognition in Orson Welless Citizen Kane; skepticism in Alfred Hitchcocks Suspicion and David Cronenbergs Naked Lunch; language and gender in Neil Jordans The Crying Game; platonic idealism in Chris Markers La Jete; race in Spike Lees Summer of Sam; the concept of the imagination in cognitive film theory; and the role of ideology in feminist film theory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.43 |
| LCCN: 2002003339 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.08" W x 8.98" (0.81 lbs) 249 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Paul Schrader's Affliction; ambiguity and responsibility in Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon; consciousness and cognition in Orson Welles's Citizen Kane; skepticism in Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion and David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch; language and gender in Neil Jordan's The Crying Game; Platonic idealism in Chris Marker's La Jetee; race in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam; the concept of the imagination in cognitive film theory; and the role of ideology in feminist film theory. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here. |