Consider, if you will, THIS neo-Socratic dialogue:
SOC: Do you have a film of CITIZEN KANE?
LU: Huh?
SOC: Sorry. I mean, do you have a copy of the film CITIZEN KANE?
LU: Sure, I have it on video tape.
SOC: By the way, what's the Swedish for 'film'?
LU: Just that, 'film'
SOC: What about 'movie'?
LU: In Swedish, we don't really make such a distinction. That would be
'film' as well.
best,
ludvig
>Consider this neo-Socratic dialogue:
>SOC: Do you have a film of CITIZEN KANE?
>MIKE: No, I have it on videotape.
>SOC: Was it a film or a TV show?
>MIKE: It was originally made as a film but I don't have it on film.
>SOC: Do you have a film of George Reeves in THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN?
>MIKE: No, but two episodes of the TV series were originally made as a film
>entitled "Superman and the Mole Men." They were then reproduced as two
>episodes of the TV series.
>SOC: Do you mean they were videotaped?
>MIKE: No, back in the 1950s they were photographed on film. There is a
>recent TV series called "Lois and Clark" in which Dean Cain plays the part
>of Superman. I suspect it was videotaped.
>SOC: But I heard that there were films that Superman appeared in.
>MIKE: Yes! Several groups of episodes from the 1950s TV series were
>released as films and shown in movie theatres. And in the 1980s there were
>a series of Superman films starring Christopher Reeve. And there were two
>Superman serials made for movie theatres in the 1940s. There have also been
>Superman animated cartoons that were made for movie theatres and made for
>TV. You can get all of those now on videotape.
>SOC: Is an animated cartoon a film?
>MIKE: Well, they are usually referred to as cartoons but I guess a
>distinction can be made between TV cartoons and movie theatre cartoons. But
>all I can say is that cartoons are not CALLED films even if they are
>released on film. On the other hand, I would not buy a film because I do
>not own a film projector or a screen. I do have many films on videotape
>however because I do own a VCR.
>
>THIS DIALOGUE IS WRITTEN IN WHAT USED TO BE CALLED "ORDINARY LANGUAGE
>ANALYSIS."
>Best wishes to you all, Mike Oliker
><[log in to unmask]>
>Executive Director, Midwest Philosophy of Education Society
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