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Cinema, philosophy, Bergman : on film as philosophy /

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Can cinema be a medium for philosophy? Paisley Livingston explores the philosophical value of cinema. As a case-study for his intentionalist theory of authorship and interpretation he focuses on Ingmar Bergman's cinematic explorations of motivated irrationality, inauthenticity, and self-knowled...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Livingston, Paisley, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module.
Subjects:
Bergman, Ingmar, > 1918-2007 > Criticism and interpretation.
Bergman, Ingmar, > 1918-2007 > Philosophy.
Bergman, Ingmar, > 1918-2007
Motion pictures > Philosophy.
Philosophy in motion pictures.
Philosophie au cinéma.
Cinéma > Philosophie.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Motion pictures > Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy in motion pictures
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Surveying cinema as philosophy
  • Theses on cinema as philosophy
  • Arguing over cinema as philosophy
  • An intentionalist approach to film as philosophy
  • Types of authorship in the cinema
  • Partial intentionalism
  • On Ingmar Bergman and philosophy
  • Bergman, Kaila, and the faces of irrationality
  • Value, authenticity, and fantasy in Bergman.