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Metaphysics and the moving image
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- Book Synopsis
- Introduction: The Death of God, the Birth of Film, and the New Metaphysics Chapter One Image Breakthrough: Disclosure and Derailment in Painting, Photography, and Film I. Art in the Wake of Metaphysics II. The Myth of the Lumière Leaf Chapter Two The Evolution of the Concept of "World" from Philosophy to Film I. The World in the Palm of Philosophy II. Film in the World's Palm, or the World in its Own Image III. Metaphysical Figures in Days of Heaven Chapter Three Paradise Exposed: Psychic Automatism in Film Primer: "While the will is off its watch" I. The Mechanical Garden II. Heinrich von Kleist's Marionette Theater III. Robert Bresson's Filmic Models Chapter Four Nature, Whose Death Shines a Light: Exteriority and Overexposure in The Thin Red Line I. Introduction II. Dramaturgy of Nature III. A Cinematic Sublime IV. Metaphysics of the Front Chapter Five "Mother, I am Dumb …": The Reevaluation of Friedrich Nietzsche in The Turin Horse
- About The Author
- Trevor Mowchun is Assistant Professor and Director of Film and Media Studies at University of Florida. His scholarly essays and criticism have appeared in Film International, New Review of Film and Television Studies, Cineaction, Evental Aesthetics, and Senses of Cinema. He also co-wrote and directed World to Come, an experimental drama on the spiritual disenchantment that plagues a religious community in the wake of tragedy.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781474493918
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press, (30 November 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 280
- Weight
- 395 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 x 15 mm
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