Film and Philosophy: Taking Movies Seriously

by Daniel Shaw

This introductory volume presents an overview of the philosophy of film, a burgeoning sub-discipline of Aesthetics. It offers a sampling of paradigmatic instances of philosophers and philosophical film theorists discussing the movies in a fashion that takes cinema as seriously as any other Fine Art, leaving little doubt that doing philosophy of film is a serious intellectual enterprise.

Genres: Film, Philosophy, Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2008

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not sure why the listing for this book says that it is written by James Hogg. The author is actually Daniel Shaw, the editor of the journal Film and Philosophy.

This book gives a good overview of some of the writing that is central to the field of film and philosophy. It is well worth reading as an introduction, as it gives a sort of road map to the important authors and issues that are part of the scholarly dialogue in this emerging area of aesthetics.

[Izabella Britten · Rating 3 out of 5]

It brought up some good points and ideas, however it was written with very technical language and I did not understand half of it.

[Amene · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Greg]

This whole series, of which this book is a good representative, is excellent for someone new to film theory.