Pedro Blas González

Philosophical Perspective on Cinema

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophical Perspective on Cinema addresses the relationship between human existence and sensual reality. Applying metaphysical/existential reflection to cinema, the author explores the philosophical clarity that cinema can offer reflective persons about the human experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9781666906226
• ISBN-10: 1666906220
• Artikelnr.: 63433077

Autorenporträt

Pedro Blas González is professor of philosophy at Barry University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Metaphysical/Existential Reflection Seeking Qualitative
Essences in Cinema
Chapter 1: 2001: An Existential Odyssey
Chapter 2: Andrei Tarkovsky: Truth Endorsed by Life
Chapter 3: Fahrenheit 451: A Brave New World for the New Man
Chapter 4: Citizen Kane: Biography and the Unfinished Sentence
Chapter 5: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, or Socrates in the Desert
Chapter 6: Jean Pierre Melville: Encounters with Conscience
Chapter 7: Seven Thieves: Making the World Gasp
Chapter 8: Curse of the Demon: Of Evil, Myth and Reason
Chapter 9: The Uninvited and Dead of Night: The Ominous Other
Chapter 10: Jacques Tati: Last Bastion of Innocence in Modernity
Conclusion