ABSTRACT

Philosophy and Film moves from broad theoretical reflections on film as a medium to concrete examinations of individual films.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

Philosophy and Film

part One|76 pages

General Perspectives

part Two|94 pages

Genres and Tropes

chapter 5|20 pages

Missing Mothers/Desiring Daughters

Framing the Sight of Women

chapter 8|18 pages

Black Cupids, White Desires

Reading the Representation of Racial Difference in Casablanca and Ghost

chapter 9|20 pages

An Unlikely Couple

The Significance of Difference in White Palace

part Three|70 pages

Specific Interpretations

chapter 10|18 pages

2001

Modern Art, and Modern Philosophy

chapter 12|15 pages

Passing in Europa, Europa

Escape into Estrangement

chapter 13|18 pages

The Politics of Interpretation

The Case of Bergman's Persona