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    The politics of big fantasy: the ideologies of Star Wars, The Matrix and The Avengers.John C. McDowell - 2014 - Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
    Introduction: Why so serious? -- The super body-politic: nationally assembling Joss Whedon's exceptional The avengers -- "He was deceived by a lie": tragedy and the dark plague of the politics of fear in George Lucas' Star wars -- Dystopian polyvalence: emancipating the mediated life from The matrix.
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    The politics of big fantasy: the ideologies of Star Wars, The Matrix and The Avengers.John C. McDowell - 2014 - Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
    Introduction: Why so serious? -- The super body-politic: nationally assembling Joss Whedon's exceptional The avengers -- "He was deceived by a lie": tragedy and the dark plague of the politics of fear in George Lucas' Star wars -- Dystopian polyvalence: emancipating the mediated life from The matrix.
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    The Star wars heresies: interpreting the themes, symbols and philosophies of episodes I, II and III.Paul F. McDonald - 2013 - Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
    The trilogy is viewed through the lens of myth and metaphor. A wide variety of philosophical and mythological themes are presented and expounded upon, drawing from a rich source of scholars, thinkers, writers, and poets from East and West alike. Heretical or not, the Star Wars prequels are a surprisingly rich source of insight into the whole saga.
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    La ideología de Star Wars.Fernando Ángel Moreno - 2018 - Madrid: Guillermo Escolar Editor.
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    Viel zu lernen du noch hast: Star Wars und die Philosophie.Catherine Newmark (ed.) - 2017 - Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.
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    How the force can fix the world: lessons on life, liberty, and happiness from a galaxy far, far away.Stephen Kent - 2021 - Nashville: Center Street.
    From widespread unemployment and mounting international hostilities, every day we are swept into more political chaos--so one brave man looks to the Star Wars universe for answers to our most urgent problems. "You can't stop the change -- anymore than you can stop the sun from setting." Anakin Skywalker was never able to live with this wisdom shared by his mother on the day he left home to train as a Jedi Knight. That failure led him to becoming (...)
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    The philosophy of war films.David LaRocca (ed.) - 2014 - Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.
    Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, have sought to show the complexities and horrors of war on-screen. In The Philosophy of War Films, David LaRocca compiles a series of essays by prominent scholars that examine the impact of representing war in film and the influence (...)
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    The philosopher at the end of the universe: philosophy explained through science fiction films.Mark Rowlands - 2003 - New York: T. Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press.
    The Philosopher at the End of the Universe demonstrates how anyone can grasp the basic concepts of philosophy while still holding a bucket of popcorn. Mark Rowlands makes philosophy utterly relevant to our everyday lives and reveals its most potent messages using nothing more than a little humor and the plotlines of some of the most spectacular, expensive, high-octane films on the planet. Learn about: The Nature of Reality from The Matrix, Good and Evil from Star Wars, (...)
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    Ender's Game and Philosophy: The Logic Gate is Down.Kevin S. Decker & William Irwin (eds.) - 2013 - Malden, MA: Wiley.
    A threat to humanity portending the end of our species lurks in the cold recesses of space. Our only hope is an eleven-year-old boy. Celebrating the long-awaited release of the movie adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s novel about highly trained child geniuses fighting a race of invading aliens, this collection of original essays probes key philosophical questions raised in the narrative, including the ethics of child soldiers, politics on the internet, and the morality of war and genocide. Original essays dissect (...)
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    Awakening Race, Culture, and Ethnicity in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.Edwardo Pérez - 2023-01-09 - In Jason T. Eberl & Kevin S. Decker (eds.), Star Wars and Philosophy Strikes Back. Wiley. pp. 245–256.
    In The Empire Strikes Back, African American actor Billy Dee Williams turned the trio into a quartet as Lando Calrissian. Novelist and social activist Alice Walker coined and defined colorism as the “prejudicial or preferential treatment of same‐race people based solely on their color,” according to Kimberly Jade Norwood and Violeta Solonova Foreman. For Norwood and Foreman, colorism is concerned with the lightness and darkness of skin tone, with preference given to whiteness. Colorism in the United States took root during (...)
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    The Quest for the historical abstract expressionism.Daniel A. Siedell - 2010 - Journal of Aesthetic Education 44 (1):pp. 107-121.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:The Quest for the Historical Abstract ExpressionismDaniel A. SiedellAbstract Expressionism:The International Context, by Joan Marter and David Anfam. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2007, 320 pp. $26.95, paper.Abstract Expressionism, by Debra Bricker Balken. London: Tate, 2005, 80 pp. $9.60, paper.Reading Abstract Expressionism: Context and Critique, by Ellen Landau. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005, 768 pp. $45.00, paper.What makes any definition of a movement in art dubious is (...)
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    Vampires from another world: the cinematic progeny of H.G. Wells' The war of the worlds and Bram Stoker's Dracula.Simon Bacon - 2021 - Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
    This book begins at the intersection of Dracula and War of the Worlds, both published in 1897 London, and describes the settings of Transylvania, Mars, and London as worlds linked by the body of the vampire. It explores the "vampire from another world" in all its various forms, as a manifestation of not just our anxieties around alien others, but also our alien selves. Unsurprisingly, many of the tropes these novels generated and particularly the themes they have in common have (...)
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  13. Introduction: The Hyperreal Theme in 1990s American Cinema Chapter 1. Back to the Future as Baudrillardian Parable Chapter 2. The Alien films and Baudrillard's Phases of Simulation Chapter 3. The Hyperrealization of Arnold Schwarzenegger Chapter 4. Oliver Stone's Hyperreal Period Chapter 5. Bill Clinton Goes to the Movies Chapter 6. Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Baudrillard's Perfect Crime Chapter 7. Recursive Self-Reflection in The Player Chapter 8. Baudrillard, The Matrix, and the "Real 1999" Chapter 9. Reality. [REVIEW]Television: The Truman Show Chapter 10Recombinant Reality in Jurassic Park Chapter 11. The Brad Versus Tyler in Fight Club Chapter 12. Shakespeare in the Longs Chapter 13. Ambiguous Origins in Star Wars Episode I.: The Phantom Menace Chapter 14. Looking for the Real: Schindler'S. List, Saving Private Ryan & Titanic Chapter 15. That'S. Cryotainment! Postmortem Cinema in the Long S. - 2015 - In Randy Laist (ed.), Cinema of simulation: hyperreal Hollywood in the long 1990s. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
     
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    Star Wars and philosophy strikes back: this is the way.Jason T. Eberl & Kevin S. Decker (eds.) - 2023 - Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
    This third brand-new 'Star Wars & Philosophy' title once again takes a fresh look at the franchise with all-new chapters. The focus of this volume is the more recent entries into the franchise, including hit TV shows such as THe Mandalorian. Modern applied philosophy is also used to analyse the Star Wars universe: In addition to thorny metaphysical questions about the nature of time and free will, this volume highlights the staggering cultural impact of George Lucas's (...)
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    Star Wars, Emotions, and the Paradox of Fiction.Lance Belluomini - 2015-09-18 - In Jason T. Eberl & Kevin S. Decker (eds.), The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy. Wiley. pp. 274–286.
    This chapter lays out the paradox of fiction as it relates to the Star Wars films in three claims: we have genuine and rational emotional responses to the fictional characters and events in Star Wars; we must believe these characters and events really exist; and nobody believes these fictional characters and events in Star Wars exist. While many fans like to talk as if the characters and events in Star Wars are (...)
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    The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned.Jason T. Eberl & Kevin S. Decker (eds.) - 2015 - Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
    Does it take faith to be a Jedi? Are droids capable of thought? Should Jar Jar Binks be held responsible for the rise of the Empire? Presenting entirely new essays, no aspect of the myth and magic of George Lucas’s creation is left philosophically unexamined in The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy. The editors of the original Star Wars and Philosophy strike back in this Ultimate volume that encompasses the complete Star Wars universe Presents (...)
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    Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine.Kevin S. Decker & Jason T. Eberl (eds.) - 2005 - Open Court.
    The essays in this volume tackle the philosophical questions from these blockbuster films including: Was Anakin predestined to fall to the Dark Side? Are the Jedi truly role models of moral virtue? Why would the citizens and protectors of a democratic Republic allow it to descend into a tyrannical empire? Is Yoda a peaceful Zen master or a great warrior, or both? Why is there both a light and a dark side of the Force? Star Wars and (...)
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  18. Richard Abel, ed., French Film Theory and Criticism 1907-1939: A History/Anthology Reviewed by.Alex Neill & Aaron Ridley - 1990 - Philosophy in Review 10 (9):345-351.
     
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    The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers.William Irwin & Mark D. White (eds.) - 2012 - Wiley.
    _An engaging look at the philosophical underpinnings of Earth's Mightiest Heroes_ Avengers assemble! Tackling intriguing dilemmas and issues that no single great philosopher can withstand, this powerful book enlists the brainpower of an A-list team of history's most prominent thinkers to explore the themes behind the action of Marvel Comics' all-star superhero team. Arms you with new insights into the characters and themes of _The Avengers_ Deepens your appreciation both of _The Avengers_ comics and the Joss Whedon movie (...)
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    A viewer's guide to film theory and criticism.Robert T. Eberwein - 1979 - Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press.
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    La guerre.Christian Godin - 2006 - Nantes: Temps.
    Les historiens nous permettent d'avoir une connaissance des guerres. Mais peut-on penser la guerre comme un phénomène unifié au-delà de ses multiples formes? La guerre est-elle le destin de l'humanité ou bien peut-on envisager un monde sans guerre? Comment la paix peut-elle à son tour être conçue? Telles sont les grandes questions auxquelles cet ouvrage entend répondre en convoquant les philosophes et les historiens, mais également les écrivains des traditions les plus diverses. Toutes questions qui se résument à celle-ci ; (...)
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    Star Wars as Philosophy: A Genealogy of the Force.Jason T. Eberl - 2022 - In David Kyle Johnson (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy. Palgrave-Macmillan. pp. 855-872.
    Are good and evil a “point of view”? Do Jedi and Sith alike merely crave greater power? What does a “space opera” have to teach us about how to live virtuously? George Lucas created Star Wars as a modern-day morality tale, modeled on classical epics, such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, tragic dramas written by the likes of Sophocles, Seneca, and Shakespeare, and the scriptures that inspire religions in the East and West. This chapter canvasses the metaphysical and (...)
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    Software bugs and Star Wars: Rebecca Slayton: Arguments that count: Physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949–2012. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2013, xi+325pp, $35.00 HB.Peter J. Westwick - 2015 - Metascience 24 (3):437-439.
    For over 50 years, since the development of nuclear-armed ICBMs, the USA has sought a way to defend against them. These efforts evolved through various strategies and technologies: from nuclear-tipped rockets through space-based laser weapons to today’s system of ground-based kinetic-kill interceptors. Public debate around these issues reached a peak in the 1980s with President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, popularly known as Star Wars.Rebecca Slayton examines this history in Arguments that Count, a valuable and well-told account of (...)
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    Pregnant Padmé and Slave Leia: Star Wars' Female Role Models.Cole Bowman - 2015-09-18 - In Jason T. Eberl & Kevin S. Decker (eds.), The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy. Wiley. pp. 159–171.
    There is an imbalance of gender roles in everyone's favorite space saga, with the vast majority of characters played by males while the female parts are minimized at nearly every turn. But the underlying problem of womanhood in Star Wars might be even more insidious than Darth Sidious himself. This chapter explains why it is difficult to embrace a strong female identity anywhere, let alone in the midst of intergalactic war. It analyzes whether the women in Star (...)
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    Lining up for star-wars tickets: Some ruminations on ethics and economics based on an internet study of behavior in queues. [REVIEW]F. Neil Brady - 2002 - Journal of Business Ethics 38 (1-2):157 - 165.
    Queues may represent business ethics in microcosm: they provide an opportunity to study in a smaller package the fundamental ethical tension in economic activity between self-interest and civility in the context of uncertainty and stress. In May 1999 people began forming lines to purchase tickets to the new Star Wars movie "The Phantom Menace." This paper reviews responses to a questionnaire on the internet regarding experiences in those lines. It focuses on two behaviors threatening queue discipline – the (...)
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    Greta Garbo: Sailing beyond the Frame.Betsy Erkkila - 1985 - Critical Inquiry 11 (4):595-619.
    Greta Garbo named herself. It was she who invented the name “Garbo” and officially registered the change from Greta Gustafsson to Greta Garbo at the Ministry of Justice in Sweden on 4 December 1923. The name had the metonymic virtue of suggesting the nature of her screen presence. The Swedish meaning of garbo, “wood nymph,” suggests the association with otherworldly forces that became part of her image; while the Spanish meaning of the word, “animal grace sublimated,” combines the animal passion (...)
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    Time images. The importance of face reading as part of the human condition and its reception in sceince-fiction films, the example of "Star Wars".Christian Feichtinger - 2007 - Disputatio Philosophica 9 (1):49-61.
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    ‘I’ing Cinema: Rothman's Readings of Cinematographic Visions and Visionaries: On William Rothman, The ‘I’ of the Camera: Essays in Film Criticism, History, and Aesthetics.David Sullivan - 1998 - Film-Philosophy 2 (1).
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    Rambo: From Counter-Culture to Contra.Russell A. Berman - 1985 - Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 1985 (64):143-147.
    In an era where bad film stars become reactionary politicians, political films which are equally bad may be something we will just have to live with. So after the Nicaraguan occupation of Smallville in Red Dawn, Ricky goes to Vietnam in Rambo. This box office hit of the summer appears to confirm all the claims of leftist criticism regarding the ideology of Reaganism. Above all, it represents the revisionist history of the Vietnam War, won on the battlefield (...)
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    The Lost Audience: Methodology, Cinema History and Feminist Film Criticism'.Jackie Stacey - 1995 - In Beverley Skeggs (ed.), Feminist cultural theory: process and production. New York: Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press. pp. 97.
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  31. Architecture and Deconstruction. The Case of Peter Eisenman and Bernard Tschumi.Cezary Wąs - 2015 - Dissertation, University of Wrocław
    Architecture and Deconstruction Case of Peter Eisenman and Bernard Tschumi -/- Introduction Towards deconstruction in architecture Intensive relations between philosophical deconstruction and architecture, which were present in the late 1980s and early 1990s, belong to the past and therefore may be described from a greater than before distance. Within these relations three basic variations can be distinguished: the first one, in which philosophy of deconstruction deals with architectural terms but does not interfere with real architecture, the second one, in which (...)
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    Film, Freud, and Paranoia: Dali and the Representation of Male Desire in An Andalusian Dog.Ignacio Javier Lopez - 2001 - Diacritics 31 (2):35-48.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Diacritics 31.2 (2001) 35-48 [Access article in PDF] Film, Freud, and ParanoiaDalí and the Representation of Male Desire in An Andalusian Dog Ignacio Javier López An Andalusian Dog, one of the most universally acclaimed films in cinema history, is frequently mentioned by critics as a privileged point of reference for the Surrealist rebellion. The film remains enigmatic to this day. Criticism has concentrated on the validity (...)
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    Horror film and otherness.Adam Lowenstein - 2022 - New York: Columbia University Press.
    What do horror films reveal about social difference in the everyday world? Criticism of the genre often relies on a dichotomy between monstrosity and normality, in which unearthly creatures and deranged killers are metaphors for society's fear of the "others" that threaten the "normal." The monstrous other might represent women, Jews, or Blacks, as well as Indigenous, queer, poor, elderly, or disabled people. The horror film's depiction of such minorities can be sympathetic to their exclusion or complicit in (...)
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    Mysteries of cinema: reflections on film theory, history and culture.Adrian Martin - 2020 - Crawley, Western Australia: UWA Publishing.
    The major essays of the distinguished and prolific Australian-born film critic Adrian Martin have long been difficult to access, so this anthology, which collects highlights of his work in one volume, will be welcomed throughout film studies. Martin offers in-depth analysis of many genres of films while providing a broad understanding of the history of cinema and the history of film criticism and culture. These vibrant, highly personal essays, written between 1982 and 2016, balance breadth across (...)
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  35. Projecting illusion: film spectatorship and the impression of reality.Richard Allen - 1995 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    Projecting Illusion offers a systematic analysis of the impression of reality in the cinema and the pleasure it gives to the film spectator. Film provides a compelling experience that can be considered as a form of illusion akin to the experience of day-dream and dream. Examining the concept of illusion and its relationship to fantasy in the experience of visual representation, Richard Allen situates his explanation within the context of an analytical criticism of contemporary film and critical theory. He (...)
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    Set Phasers to Teach!: Star Trek in Research and Teaching.Stefan Rabitsch, Martin Gabriel, Wilfried Elmenreich & John N. A. Brown (eds.) - 2018 - Cham: Springer Verlag.
    For 50 years, Star Trek has been an inspiration to its fans around the world, helping them to dream of a better future. This inspiration has entered our culture and helped to shape much of the technology of the early 21st Century. The contributors to this volume are researchers and teachers in a wide variety of disciplines; from Astrophysics to Ethnology, from English and History to Medicine and Video Games, and from American Studies to the study of Collective (...)
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    Cosmos and Camus: science fiction film and the absurd.Shy Tubali - 2020 - New York: Peter Lang.
    Over the last two decades, many philosophers have been increasingly inclined to consider science fiction films as philosophical exercises that center on the nature of human consciousness and existence. Albert Camus' philosophy of the absurd, however, has almost never been employed as a constructive perspective that can illumine unexplored aspects of these films. This is surprising, since science fiction films seem to be packed with visions and dialogues that echo the Sisyphean universe. Cosmos and Camus endeavors to (...)
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    Passeurs : Jonathan Rosenbaum and the New Global Film Criticism, on Essential Cinema, Movie Mutations (edited with Adrian Martin), and Movie Wars.Robert Koehler - 2004 - Film-Philosophy 8 (2).
    Jonathan Rosenbaum _Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons_ Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004 ISBN 0-8018-7840-3 hb xxi + 445 pp. _Movie Mutations: The Changing Face of World Cinephilia_ Edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum and Adrian Martin London: British Film Institute, 2003 ISBN 0851709834 hb; 0851709842 pb 224 pp. Jonathan Rosenbaum _Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Limit What Films We Can See_ London: Wallflower Press, 2002 ISBN 1-903364-23-X pb 192 pp.
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    Phenomenology and the future of film: rethinking subjectivity beyond French cinema.Jenny Chamarette - 2012 - New York: Palgrave-Macmillan.
    Introduction -- Time and matter: temporality, embodied subjectivity and film phenomenology -- Knowing and nothing: Chris Marker, subjective temporalities and vocalic bodies in the future tense -- Agnès Varda's Trinket box: subjective relationality, affect and temporalised space -- Burlesque gestures and bodily attention: phenomenologies of the ephemeral in Chantal Akerman -- Threatened corporealities: thinking with the films of Philippe Grandrieux -- Conclusion: rethinking cinematic subjectivity and beyond.
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  40. Political Poetry: A Few Notes. Poetics for N30.Jeroen Mettes - 2012 - Continent 2 (1):29-35.
    continent. 2.1 (2012): 29–35. Translated by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei from Jeroen Mettes. "Politieke Poëzie: Enige aantekeningen, Poëtica bij N30 (versie 2006)." In Weerstandbeleid: Nieuwe kritiek . Amsterdam: De wereldbibliotheek, 2011. Published with permission of Uitgeverij Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam. L’égalité veut d’autres lois . —Eugène Pottier The modern poem does not have form but consistency (that is sensed), no content but a problem (that is developed). Consistency + problem = composition. The problem of modern poetry is capitalism. Capitalism—which has no (...)
     
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    Making Meaning: Inference and Rhetoric in the Interpretation of Cinema.David Bordwell - 1989 - Harvard University Press.
    David Bordwell's new book is at once a history of film criticism, an analysis of how critics interpret film, and a proposal for an alternative program for film studies. It is an anatomy of film criticism meant to reset the agenda for film scholarship. As such Making Meaning should be a landmark book, a focus for debate from which future film study will evolve. Bordwell systematically maps different strategies for interpreting films and making meaning, illustrating his (...)
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    About documentary: anthropology on film: a philosophy of people and art.Robert Edmonds - 1974 - Dayton, Ohio: Pflaum.
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    The Philosophy of Documentary Film.David LaRocca (ed.) - 2016 - Lanham: Lexington Books.
    Perhaps nowhere in the broad expanse of types of film is the old “quarrel between philosophy and poetry” more evident—and also more vitally relevant—than in the genre or mode of film known as documentary. Documentary film is just another form of poetic imitation, in its variety of instances and complexity of fabrication, it is just as much caught up with the limitations—and effects—of mimetic art, including fiction film. This book affords a prismatic perspective on documentary cinema, inviting the dynamism and (...)
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    Speaking Truths with Film: Evidence, Ethics, Politics in Documentary.Bill Nichols - 2016 - Oakland: University of California Press.
    How do issues of form and content shape the documentary film? What role does visual evidence play in relation to a documentary’s arguments about the world we live in? In what ways do documentaries abide by or subvert ethical expectations? Are mockumentaries a form of subversion? Can the documentary be an aesthetic experience and at the same time have political or social impact? And how can such impacts be empirically measured? Pioneering film scholar Bill Nichols investigates the ways documentaries strive (...)
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    Deleuze and cinema: the film concepts.Felicity Colman - 2011 - New York: Berg.
    Gilles Deleuze published two radical books on film: Cinema 1: The Movement-Image and Cinema 2: The Time-Image. Engaging with a wide range of film styles, histories and theories, Deleuze's writings treat film as a new form of philosophy. This ciné-philosophy offers a startling new way of understanding the complexities of the moving image, its technical concerns and constraints as well as its psychological and political outcomes. Deleuze and Cinema presents a step-by-step guide to the key concepts behind Deleuze's revolutionary theory (...)
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    Taking Spectacle Seriously: Wildlife Film and the Legacy of Natural History Display.Eleanor Louson - 2018 - Science in Context 31 (1):15-38.
    ArgumentI argue through an analysis of spectacle that the relationship between wildlife documentary films’ entertainment and educational mandates is complex and co-constitutive. Accuracy-based criticism of wildlife films reveals assumptions of a deficit model of science communication and positions spectacle as an external commercial pressure influencing the genre. Using thePlanet Earth series as a case study, I describe spectacle's prominence within the recent blue-chip renaissance in wildlife film, resulting from technological innovations and twenty-first-century consumer and broadcast market contexts. (...)
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  47. Sport, film, and the modern world: aesthetics, ethics, environments.Neil Archer - 2024 - NewYork: Peter Lang.
    This book rethinks the discussion of sport as a cinematic subject. Arguing for the vitality of the sports film as distinctively 'modern' genre, the book looks at its innovative potential to capture twentieth- and twenty-first-century sport in all its complexity. Written in an accessible style and illustrated throughout, the book integrates work and ideas from film studies with thinking from sports psychology, philosophy, data theory and ecocriticism. In its detailed analyses of a wide-ranging group of films, the book shows (...)
     
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    Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation.John Gibbs & Professor John Gibbs - 2002 - Wallflower Press.
    Gibbs presents a detailed exploration of classics such as Rebel Without a Cause and Lone Star. The book is an invaluable tool in understanding the expression of visual style, and an unrivalled text for the understanding of interpretative methodologies.
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    How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics.N. Katherine Hayles - 1999 - University of Chicago Press.
    In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the "bodies" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans "beamed" _Star Trek_-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding in the machines. In _How We Became Posthuman,_ N. Katherine Hayles separates hype from fact, investigating the fate of embodiment in an information age. Hayles relates three interwoven stories: how information lost (...)
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    Screening history.Gore Vidal - 1992 - Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
    Vidal intertwines fond recollections of films savored in the movie palaces of his Washington, D.C., boyhood with strands of autobiography and trenchant observations about American politics. Never before has the renowned author revealed so much about his own life or written with such immediacy about the forces shaping America. 26 halftones.
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