On 10/26/10 6:54 AM, bill harris wrote:
> Of course=2C logic plays a huge role in discussions of meaning. For example=
> =2C why would one entitle a film 'Bicycle Thieves" when only one is stolen?=
> In other words=2C to what extent are viewers obliged to accept modus ponen=
Because this is meant as just one story among many, the bicycle becoming
an important object as workers were shifted to peripheral Roman
neighborhoods away from the jobs in the central city. There are a number
of shots in the film which emphasize this, most notably the pan up the
multiplicity of bicycles in the pawn shop. So really just a standard
rhetorical device that can be explained through implicatures once the
question is asked.
j
*
*
Film-Philosophy
After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to
To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask]
Or visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html
For technical help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon
*
Film-Philosophy online: http://www.film-philosophy.com
Contact: [log in to unmask]
**
|