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I too am a student of "film-studies" (read film- philosophy) in Australia. I found the title of the course erroneous becasue we study so much philosophy, but then it is not possible to study a medium such as film without relating it to life, since more often than not film is study of life. And studying "life" without philosophy is also absurd. The two fields are entirely complememtary. This film world did not start with Deleuze or Barthes. Though their works are incredibly influential and indeed seminal, Film philosophy began with the beginnings of film itself. There has always been analysis of pop.culture as it emerges and film is no exception. Deleuze is so important because of his re-reading of Bazin's work "what is cinema" and his division of the medium into movement and time. But YOu might also want to look at Walter Benjamin's work, at Bergson, at Bazin, at Eisenstein, Godard, McLuhan and Baudrillard.These are obviously scattered references, but will give you an idea of how massive the field is and how far beyond Deleuze and Barthes it goes. -----Message d'origine----- De : Birgit Berndt <[log in to unmask]> À : [log in to unmask] <film- [log in to unmask]> Date : dimanche 31 octobre 1999 13:07 Objet : film-philosophy >As a filmstudent in germany I am wondering where the term >-film-philosophy- comes from. Is it a subject of study in the UK ? And >on which ideas or authors is it based? >I only know the two volumes about film from the philosopher Gilles >Deleuze. But here in Germany the discussion about these filmbooks very >often leads rather into philosophical questions then to the encounter of >a special point of view on film from which a filmanalyst, -historian, or >-theorist could benefit. Is there any atempt to deal with Deleuzes >filmbooks as a filmanalyst in the UK? >And again what is the subject of study of film- philosophy in the UK? > >Greetings Birgit > > I agree with Birgit ; I often ask me the same question. For me, this list has more to do with film semiotic than film philosophy. I am very surprised by the importance given to Deleuze or Barthes. The world didn't stop with them. I'm waiting with great interest the reactions. Pierre Morin Paris </pre> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%