Thinking Through Cinema: Film As Philosophy

Over the last decade the philosophy of film has emerged as a distinctive
field within aesthetics, engaging with a variety of questions concerning
the relationship between film and art. One question in particular
has become very prominent in philosophical discussions of film: to what extent can film--or individual films--act as a vehicle of or forum for philosophy itself? This is the domain of "film as philosophy," which forms the focus of this volume. The collection brings together a wide range of contributors, including both philosophers and film scholars. All of them address the question of whether philosophy can take the form of, or be articulated through, film. The contributors canvas a wide variety of forms and periods of film as they present diverse answers to this question.

The collection brings together a wide range of contributors, including both philosophers and film scholars. All of them address the question of whether philosophy can take the form of, or be articulated through, film.
A new text for the growing field of philosophy of film, engaging with a variety of questions concerning the relationship between film and art, aesthetics and philosophy.
Explores a wide variety of forms and periods of film, such as the avant-garde, continental film and popular American cinema, to present diverse answers to this question.
Draws on a range of films, from the works of Hitchcock to "Mission: Impossible "and "Being John Malkovich,"