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.
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De : Birgit Berndt <[log in to unmask]>
À : [log in to unmask] <film-
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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
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