Uhm... philosophical theses...difficult without knowing the type of
philosophy you are thinking in terms of but I rathr tink the following
might be a resonable set (oh yes and wayne booth yuk!)
' Ghost Dance' McMullen... is an exemplary example.
' Notre...' The last Godard movie...
' destroy she said' - Duras...
' last year at marienbad' Resnais --- (though i rather thnk all Resnais
work may be considered in this way...)
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> Date: Monday, November 14, 2005 5:36 am
> Subject: Films as Philosophy
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>> Hi everyone, I just joined. Woo hoo.
>> I had a question to ask those who had perhaps read, or know about,
>> the essay 'For an Imperfect
>> Cinema' (who it's by escapes me) which argues, essentially, that
>> film should be a pretext for the
>> central themes in it, but not text itself; i.e. that it should
>> show us, not tell us.
>> What does anyone think of a film being exactly the opposite: A
>> film organised in a way that
>> resembles a philosophical essay or thesis. Does that sound
>> compelling or not? Does anyone know
>> of any such films?
>> Carlo
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