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book		Cinematic Ethics : exploring ethical experience through film / Robert Sinnerbrink London ; New York: Routledge, 2016. Call No: 409 SIN Author: Sinnerbrink, Robert Source: UK/US Place: London ; New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 2016 PhysDes: xiii, 216 pages ; 24 cm Subject: ETHICS IN FILMS; ETHICS AND THE CINEMA; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA; THEORY; STELLA DALLAS (US, King Vidor, 1937); TALK TO HER (SP, Pedro Almodovar, 2002) SEE HABLE CON ELLA; TALK TO HER [HABLE CON ELLA] (SP, Pedro Almodovar, 2002); BIUTIFUL (MX/SP, Alejandro Inarritu, 2010) Summary: " How do movies evoke and express ethical ideas? What role does our emotional involvement play in this process? What makes the aesthetic power of cinema ethically significant? Can movies 'do ethics'? Cinema Ethics : Exploring Ethical Experiences through Film addresses these questions by examining the idea of cinema as a medium of ethical experience with the power to provoke emotional engagement and philosophical thinking. In a clear and engaging manner, Robert Sinnerbrink examines the key philosophical approaches to ethics in contemporary film theory and philosophy using detailed case studies of cinematic ethics across different genres, styles and filmic traditions. Written in a lucid and lively style that will engage both specialist and non-specialist readers, this book is ideal for use in the academic study of philosophy and film. Key features include annotated suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter and a filmography of movies useful for teaching and researching cinematic ethics. " -- BOOK BLURB Notes: Includes bibliographical references, index and filmography ISBN: 9781138826168 Contents: -- list of figures -- preface -- overview of this book -- part I --Cinema and/as ethics -- 1: Cinematic ethics: Film as a medium of ethical experience -- part II -- Philosophical approaches to cinematic ethics -- 2: From scepticism to moral perfectionism (Cavell) -- 3: From cinematic belief to ethics and politics (Deleuze) -- 4: Cinempathy: phenomenology, cognitivism, and moving images -- part III Performing cinematic ethics -- 5: The moral melodrama (Stella Dallas, Talk to Her) -- 6: Melodrama, realism, and ethical experience (Biutiful, The Promise) -- 7.Gangster film: Cinematic ethics in The Act of Killing -- conclusion -- appendix 1 -- appendix 2 -- index -- More info
book		Home is where the heart is : studies in melodrama and the woman's film / edited by Christine Gledhill London: BFI Pub., 1987. Call No: 733 HOM Author: Gledhill, Christine CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Place: London Publisher: BFI Pub. PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: 364 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Subject: MELODRAMA; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA; MINNELLI, VINCENTE; SIRK, DOUGLAS; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; NOW, VOYAGER (US, Irving Rapper, 1942); STELLA DALLAS (US, King Vidor, 1937); BROKEN BLOSSOMS (US, David Wark Griffith, 1919) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 350-356 ISBN: 0851702007 (pbk.); 085170199X : ª18.00 LON: bnb85170199; 5363079 More info
book		The "I" of the camera : essays in film criticism, history, and aesthetics / William Rothman Cambridge [England] New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Call No: 67(04) ROT Author: Rothman, William Place: Cambridge [England] New York Publisher: Cambridge University Press PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: xix, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series: Cambridge studies in film Subject: USA; THEATRE AND THE CINEMA; ADAPTATIONS; EROTICISM IN FILMS; MELODRAMA; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; RENOIR, JEAN; BOGART, HUMPHREY; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; GRANT, CARY; HAWKS, HOWARD; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; GUZZETTI, ALFRED; BACALL, LAUREN; ASTOR, MARY; JUDITH OF BETHULIA (US, David Wark Griffith, 1913); CITY LIGHTS (US, Charles Chaplin, 1931); RED DUST (US, Victor Fleming, 1932); STELLA DALLAS (US, King Vidor, 1937); BRINGING UP BABY (US, Howard Hawks, 1938); RIVER, THE (II/US, Jean Renoir, 1951); FAMILY PORTRAIT SITTINGS (US, Alfred Guzzetti, 1976); TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (US, Howard Hawks, 1944); TRUE HEART SUSIE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1919); BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915); REGLE DU JEU, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1939); VERTIGO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. xviii-xix ISBN: 0521368286 (pbk.); 052136048X LON: 5831391 More info
journal article		Missing mothers / desiring daughters : Framing the sight of women in Critical inquiry (Autumn 1988) vol.15 iss.1 p.62-89 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; STELLA DALLAS (US, King Vidor, 1937) Author: Scheman, Naomi PhysDes: Article Subject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; STELLA DALLAS (US, King Vidor, 1937) Summary: The nature of the gaze, both of the characters within a film and of the spectator addressed by the film, is discussed in relation to feminist film theory. Three possible responses to the recognition that women do see, desire and know are examined--despite the theoretical demonstrations of the maleness of the gaze, of desire and of epistemic authority. -- article abstract provided by publisher More info
title clippings file		STELLA DALLAS : (US, King Vidor, 1937) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: STELLA DALLAS (US, King Vidor, 1937) More info

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