Truth, Beauty and Goodness: Freedom and the Platonic Triad in Eric Rohmer’s Film Theory
This article analyses Eric Rohmer’s film theory in the light of the Platonic triad of truth, beauty and goodness, as embodied by the aesthetic philosophy of Kant, Hegel and Schiller.
Hanne Schelstraete
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Bringing bodies back in: for a phenomenological and psychoanalytic film criticism of embodied cultural identity [PDF]
This article reassesses the concept of identification in line with the increased importance phenomenology has taken on in film-philosophy of the 1990s and 2000s. In the 1970s and 1980s, a Lacanian psychoanalytic interpretation of identification dominated
Ince, Kate
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The Denazification of MH: The Struggle with Being and the Philosophical Confrontation with the Ancient Greeks in Heidegger’s Originary Politics [PDF]
James T. Hong’s experimental documentary, The Denazification of MH (2006) is neither an apology for Heidegger’s involvement with National Socialism nor a condemnation of that involvement.
Magrini, James
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The politics of gift-giving and the provocation of Lars Von Trier's Dogville [PDF]
In what follows, I wish to use the circumstances and dynamics of the nocturnal scene of destruction at the Old Mill and the subsequent scene of carnage at the house of Chuck and Vera in Dogville as a springboard for developing some reflections on the ...
Nobus, DM
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Werner Herzog: Filmmaker and Philosopher, by Richard Eldridge
Even as his films are, perhaps, less frequently discussed than was once the case, Werner Herzog’s place in the general cultural consciousness seems as secure as ever.
Dominic Lash
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Introduction: Critical Race Theory and Film-Philosophy
William Brown, Mila Zuo
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Cartesianism and Intersubjectivity in Paranormal Activity and the Philosophy of Mind [PDF]
Over the last century within the philosophy of mind, the intersubjective model of self has gained traction as a viable alternative to the oft-criticised Cartesian solipsistic paradigm. These two models are presented as incompatible inasmuch as Cartesians
Jones, Steve
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Deleuze, Concepts, and Ideas about Film as Philosophy: A Critical and Speculative Re-Examination
This article explores the idea of film as a possible means for articulating original philosophical concepts, in Gilles Deleuze’s sense of concepts. The first of two parts, critically re-examines current ideas about film as philosophy in relation to ...
Jakob Nilsson
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Film as Museum: One-of-a-Kind Objects in Berkun Oya's Bir Başkadır
This article explores the 2020 Turkish Netflix series Bir Başkadır (Ethos) written and directed by Berkun Oya about contemporary Turkey through its objects. With objects surge memories, which are both personal and collective.
Olivia Landry
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Dispositif, Matter, Affect, and the Real: Four Fundamental Concepts of Lyotard’s Film-Philosophy [PDF]
Jean-François Lyotard’s work remains a largely untapped resource for film-philosophy. This article surveys four fundamental concepts which indicate the fecundity of this work for current studies and debates.
Woodward, Ashley
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