Introduction; 1. The challenges to cinema as an art; 2. Language and realism; 3. Cinematic authorship; 4. Understanding cinema; 5. Cinematic narration; 6. Emotion and identification; 7. The role of the medium; Bibliography; Index.
A wide-ranging and accessible study of cinema as an art form, discussing traditional photographic films, digital cinema, and videogames.
Berys Gaut is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Art, Emotion and Ethics (2007) and co-editor of The Creation of Art (2003).
'In A Philosophy of Cinematic Art, Berys Gaut offers profound and
original answers to the two fundamental questions of classical film
theory: what is the nature of cinematic specificity, and what makes
cinema an art form? Along the way, he writes with characteristic
depth, clarity, and, above all, good sense, on the central topics
of film theory, and his extended treatment of digital cinema,
hitherto neglected by philosophers, is both timely and
illuminating. As the first work of analytic film theory to bridge
the divide between classical film theory and the contemporary
philosophy of film, A Philosophy of Cinematic Art is of signal
importance to the history of film theory and it should be read
widely both by film scholars and philosophers of art.' Richard
Allen, New York University
'Berys Gaut's overall achievement in A Philosophy of Cinematic Art
is substantial, among other things, for his persuasive argument for
medium specificity, and for his attention to new forms of cinema.
This accomplished book is essential in the library of anyone
interested in the philosophy of cinema.' Notre Dame Philosophical
Reviews
'… [one of] the most important publications on the topic … will
provide theoretical groundwork for analytically inclined film
students for a long time …' Szilárd Orosz, Hungarian Journal of
English and American Studies
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