Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures An Anthology [Paperback]

• The featured essays have been specially chosen for their clarity, philosophical depth, and consonance with the current move towards cognitive film theory
• Eight sections with introductions cover topics such as the nature of film, film as art, documentary cinema, narration and emotion in film, film criticism, and film's relation to knowledge and morality
• Issues addressed include the objectivity of documentary films, fear of movie monsters, and moral questions surrounding the viewing of pornography
• Replete with examples and discussion of moving pictures throughout

General IntroductionPart I: Film as Art.

Introduction.

1 Roger Scruton.

Photography and Representation.

2 Dominic McIver Lopes.

The Aesthetics of Photographic Transparency.

3 Terrence Rafferty.

Everybody Gets a Cut: DVDs Give Viewers Dozens of Choices -- and That's the Problem.

Part II: What Is Film?.

Introduction.

4 Stanley Cavell.

From The World Viewed.

5 Susanne K. Langer.

A Note on the Film.

6 F. E. Sparshott.

Vision and Dream in the Cinema.

7 Gregory Currie.

The Long Goodbye: The ImaginaryLanguage of Film.

8 Arthur C. Danto.

Moving Pictures.

9 Noël Carroll.

Defining the Moving ImagePart III: Documentary.

Introduction.