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Where is film today? In the process of beginning to organise a Film-Philosophy special edition on Baudrillard and Film (do email me if interested) I was considering Baudrillard’s suggestion that slowly but surely the collective nature of the experience of film – in the cinema itself - is diminishing. Apparently this loses a film audience the possibility of a symbolic, Durkheimian dimension of ‘ collective effervescence’. Is this the case? What are the implications of this move from a collective to singular audience? And given the growth of visual technologies, can we question, and does it even make sense to ask ‘where is film today’? Cheers, Jon * * Film-Philosophy salon 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 help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. * Film-Philosophy online: http://www.film-philosophy.com Contact: [log in to unmask] **