I would recommend a film by/with Buster Keaton (Sherlock Jr., The General or
Steamboat Bill Jr.) together with Stanley Cavells essay "What becomes of
Things on Film". It may open up new and interesting perspectives on films
and philosophy. Cavell refers to Keaton's capacity "to inhabit a world that
goes essentially beyond the delivery of our senses". He brings together
Heidegger and Keation, because both deal with the obstinacy of objects and
the 'worldhood of the world'. Watching the house falling on Keaton and
Keaton coming out from the door of this house as if nothing had happened in
the hurricane-sequence of Steamboat Bill Jr. can become a even more
rewarding experience with this thought in mind.
Herbert
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