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Cinematic urbanism : a history of the modern from reel to real / Nezar Al Sayyad New York : London: Routledge, 2006.
Call No: 756.1-25 SAYAuthor: Sayyad, Nezar Al Source: UK/USPlace: New York : LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2006PhysDes: xiii, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; ARCHITECTURE AND THE CINEMA ; ARCHITECTURE IN FILMS ; ART AND THE CINEMA ; CITIES IN FILMS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; ANNIE HALL (US, Woody Allen, 1977) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLADE RUNNER: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BRAZIL (UK, Terry Gilliam, 1985) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; END OF VIOLENCE, THE (US/FR, Wim Wenders, 1997) ; FALLING DOWN (US, Joel Schumacher, 1993) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; MANHATTAN (US, Wody Allan, 1979) ; METROPOLIS (GG, Fritz Lang, 1927) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MON ONCLE (FR/IT, Jacques Tati, 1958) ; MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (UK, Stephen Frears, 1985) ; PLAYTIME (FR, Jacques Tati, 1967) ; PLEASANTVILLE (US, Gary Ross, 1998) ; REAR WINDOW (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) ; SLIVER (US, Phillip Noyce, 1993) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) Summary: "Cinematic Urbanism presents an urban history of modernity and postmodernity through the lens of cinema while arguing that urbanism cannot be understood outside the space of the celluloid city." "Nezar AlSayyad traces the dissolution of the boundary between real and reel through time and space via a series of films that represent different modernities. He contrasts the 'rational' European city of early twentieth-century industrial modernity as portrayed by Berlin: Symphony of a Big City (1927) with its American counterpart in Modern Times (1936). He illustrates the different forms of small town life and an urbanizing modernity across the Atlantic as exemplified by Cinema Paradiso (1989) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Using Metropolis (1927) and Brazil (1985), he shows how utopian ideals harbour within them their dystopian realities, while Jacques Tati's nostalgia for tradition in Mon Oncle (1958) and Playtime (1967) reveals a cynical modernity and a rebelling against its idealism." "AlSayyad argues that the postmodern city of Blade Runner (1982) and Falling Down (1993) illustrates some of the urban outcomes of a globalizing economy.
Turning to spectacle and surveillance, he examines Rear Window (1954), Sliver (1993), and The End of Violence (1997) as a voyeuristic modernity. To understand the city experienced by individuals of different social backgrounds, he takes Manhattan (1979), Annie Hall (1977), and Taxi Driver (1976), while Do the Right Thing (1989) and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) are used to explore a modernity of race and ethnicity. Finally, he uses Pleasantville (1998) and The Truman Show (1998) to unpack the hyperreality of exurban postmodernity and to demonstrate how today the real and the reel have become mutually constitutive." "By considering how the real city and the reel city reference each other in an act of mutual representation and definition, this book advances the discussion on cinematic space and theories of the city."--BOOK BLURB.Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0415700493Contents: -- about the author -- preface -- Introduction : the cinematic city and the quest for the modern -- 1. Industrial modernity : the flaneur and the tramp in the early twentieth century city -- 2. Urbanizing modernity : the traditional cinematic small town -- 3. Orwellian modernity : utopia/dystopia and the city of the future past -- 4. Cynical modernity, or the modernity of cynicism -- 5. From postmodern condition to cinematic city -- 6. Voyeuristic modernity : the lens, the screen and the city -- 7. The modernity of the sophisticate and the misfit : the city through different eyes -- 8. An alternative modernity : race, ethnicity and the urban experience -- 9. Exurban postmodernity : utopia, simulacra and hyper-reality -- epilogue -- illustration credits and sources -- selected bibliography -- index --
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Dreams within a dream : the films of Peter Weir / Michael Bliss Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, c2000.
Call No: 81WEI BLIAuthor: Bliss, Michael, 1947 Place: Carbondale, Ill.Publisher: Southern Illinois University PressPubDate: c2000PhysDes: x, 242 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: WEIR, PETER ; CARS THAT ATE PARIS, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1974) ; DEAD POETS SOCIETY (US, Peter Weir, 1989) ; FEARLESS (US, Peter Weir, 1993) ; GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981) ; LAST WAVE, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1977) ; MOSQUITO COAST, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1986) ; PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975) ; PLUMBER, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1980) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) ; WITNESS (US, Peter Weir, 1985) ; YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1982) Notes: Filmography: p. 195-200; Includes bibliographical references (201-232) and indexISBN: 0809322846 (alk. paper)LON: 20076199
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Peter Weir : a creative journey from Australia to Hollywood / by Serena Formica Bristol ; Chicago: Intellect Books, 2012. Available at ProQuest (RMIT login required)
Call No: 81WEI FORAuthor: Formica, Serena Source: USPlace: Bristol ; ChicagoPublisher: Intellect BooksPubDate: 2012PhysDes: vii, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: AUTEUR THEORY ; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA : NEW SOUTH WALES ; WEIR, PETER ; PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975) ; YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1982) ; WITNESS (US, Peter Weir, 1985) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) Summary: "The cinematic output of Australian director Peter Weir has garnered numerous awards and widespread critical acclaim-from his early short films of the 1970s to the Hollywood hits he's helmed since 1985, including the likes of Witness, Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, and Master and Commander.
Drawing on contemporary concepts from transnational cinema studies, this book investigates Weir's entire three-decade career, paying particular attention to his journey from his native Sydney, with its largely auteur-driven national cinema, to the miltimillion-dollar Hollywood film industry with its many genre conventions. Along the way, the author explores a host of questions accompanying this move, including Weir's status as a transnational filmmaker and a more generalised discussion of the critically controversial idea of the auteur. Rounding out this volume are interviews with leading Hollywood filmmakers who discuss Weir's work."-BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-193) and filmography (p. 195-202)ISBN: 9781841504773Contents: -- acknowldegments -- Introduction -- Migrations and transnationalism in the cinema -- Perspectives on Peter Weir -- Australian production context in the 1970s and early 1980s -- Peter Weir's four key steps from Australia to Hollywood -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Filmography - main credits -- Appendix 2: Films made in Hollywood by Australian directors --URL status: URL: 'https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/rmit/detail.action?docID=1069409'
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Peter Weir : interviews / edited by John C. Tibbetts ; foreword by David Thomson Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
Call No: 81WEI PETAuthor: Tibbetts, John C ; Thomson, David Source: USPlace: Jackson, MississippiPublisher: University Press of MississippiPubDate: 2014PhysDes: xlii, 261 pages ; 24 cmSeries: Conversations with filmmakers seriesSubject: ADAPTATIONS ; AUTEUR THEORY ; DIRECTORS ; EDITING ; INTERVIEWING ; REALITY TV ; WAR IN FILMS ; WEIR, PETER ; BOYD, RUSSELL ; CARS THAT ATE PARIS, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1974) ; DEAD POETS SOCIETY (US, Peter Weir, 1989) ; FEARLESS (US, Peter Weir, 1993) ; GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981) ; GREEN CARD (AT/FR, Peter Weir, 1990) ; HOMESDALE (AT, Peter Weir, 1971) ; LAST WAVE, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1977) ; MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (US, Peter Weir, 2003) ; MOSQUITO COAST, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1986) ; PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975) ; PLUMBER, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1980) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) ; WAY BACK, THE (US, Peter Weir, 2010) ; WITNESS (US, Peter Weir, 1985) ; YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1982) Summary: 'Peter Weir: Interviews' is the first volume of interviews to be published on the esteemed Australian director. Although Weir (b. 1944) has acquired a reputation of being guarded about his life and work, these interviews by archivists, journalists, historians, and colleagues reveal him to be a most amiable and forthcoming subject. [...] Interviews discuss Weir's diverse and impressive range of work - his earlier films 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', 'The Last Wave', 'Gallipoli', and 'The Year of Living Dangerously', as well as Academy Award-nominated 'Witness', 'Dead Poets Society', 'Green Card', 'The Truman Show', and 'Master and Commander'. This book confirms the trajectory of Weir's life and work parallels and embodies Australia's quest to define and express a historical and cultural identity." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes chronology and filmography for Peter Weir's work; includes indexISBN: 9781617038976Contents: Foreword by David Thomson -- Introduction: "unmet friends": encounters with Peter Weir -- Chronology -- Filmography -- Peter Weir: reclaiming a Sydney boyhood: John C. Tibbetts / 2012 -- Peter Weir: snapshots in time: John C. Tibbetts / 2012 -- Peter Weir: early days: Sue Mathews / 1985 -- Small screens and big screens: television and film: Graham Shirley / 1991 -- The first features: 'The Cars That Ate Paris: Tom Hogan / 1973 -- "Weir, weird, and weirder still": the riddle of Hanging Rock: David Castell / 1976 -- Years of living dangerously: 'The Last Wave', 'The Plumber', 'Gallipoli', 'The Year of Living Dangerously': Sue Mathews / 1985 -- Interview with Peter Weir: Luisa Ceretto and Andrea Morini / 1999 -- Peter Weir: master of unease: Terry Dowling and George Mannix / 1980 -- Towards the center: Tom Ryan and Brian McFarlane / 1981 -- The swizzle stick: Peter Weir and Hollywood genres: Jonathan Rayner / 1993 -- The iceman cometh: 'Mosquito Coast': Digby Diehl / 1986 -- 'Fearless': the poetry of apocalypse: John C. Tibbetts / 1993 -- Poetry man: 'Dead Poets Society': Nancy Griffin -- Weir's worlds: 'The Truman Show': Virginia Campbell -- This is your life: 'The Truman Show': Eric Rudolph / 1998 -- He's fought his own way back to work: Terence Rafferty / 2011 -- "I am your eyes": interviews with Russell Boyd, ACS, ASC: John C. Tibbetts / 2012 -- Appendix: Notes on 'Gallipoli -- Interview with executive producer Francis O'Brien -- Peter Weir's Anzac lecture -- additional sources -- index
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Philosophy goes to the movies : an introduction to philosophy / Christopher Falzon London: Routledge, 2002.
Call No: 626 FALAuthor: Falzon, Christopher Edition: third editionPlace: LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2002PhysDes: 330p. : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; FOUCAULT, MICHEL ; A NOUS, LA LIBERTE! (FR, Rene Clair, 1931) ; ADDICTION, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1995) ; AGNES OF GOD (US, Norman Jewison, 1985) ; AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD [AGUIRRE, DER ZORN GOTTES] (GW, Werner Herzog, 1972) ; ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) ; ALL OF ME (US, Carl Reiner, 1984) ; ALPHAVILLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) ; AMADEUS (US, Milos Forman, 1984) ; AMATEUR (US, Hal Hartley, 1994) ; ANGEL HEART (US, Alan Parker, 1987) ; ANTZ (US, Eric Darnell, Lawrence Guterman & Tim Johnson II, 1998) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA (US, Mike Judge, 1996) ; BEDAZZLED (US, Stanely Donen, 1967) ; BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (UK/US, Spike Jonze, 1999) ; BEING THERE (US, Hal Ashby, 1979) ; BIG (US, Penny Marshall, 1988) ; BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLAISE PASCAL (IT, Roberto Rossellini, 1972) ; BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) ; BOB ROBERTS (US, Tim Robbins, 1992) ; BRAZIL ; BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) ; A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; BREATHLESS (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; CABARET (US, Bob Fosse, 1972) ; CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942) ; CASPER (US, Brad Silberling, 1995) ; CHANCES ARE (US, Emile Ardolino, 1989) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; CINEMA PLUS ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ; COLOSSUS: FORBIN PROJECT (US, Joseph Sargent, 1970) ; CONFORMIST, THE [CONFORMISTA, IL] (IT/FR, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) ; COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, THE (NE/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1989) ; CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (US, Woody Allen, 1989) ; CRIMES OF PASSION (US, Ken Russell, 1984) ; CRUCIBLE, THE (US, Nicholas Hytner, 1996) ; CRYING GAME, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1992) ; DANGEROUS LIAISONS (US, Stephen Frears, 1988) ; DARK CITY (US, Alex Proyas, 1997) ; DARK STAR (US, John Carpenter, 1974) ; DEAD AGAIN (US, Kenneth Branagh, 1991) ; DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1976) ; DRACULA (US, Tod Browning, 1931) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; EDUCATING RITA (UK, Lewis Gilbert, 1983) ; ELEPHANT MAN, THE (US, David Lynch, 1980) ; ENEMY OF THE STATE (US, Tony Scott, 1998) ; JEDER FUR SICH UND GOTT GEGEN ALLE (GW, Werner Herzog, 1974) ; FACE/OFF (US, John Woo [pseud. of Wu Yusen], 1997) ; FAHRENHEIT 451 (UK, Francois Truffaut, 1966) ; FATAL ATTRACTION (US, Adrian Lyne, 1987) ; [FIVE] 5 EASY PIECES (US, Bob Rafelson, 1970) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; FORTRESS (AT/US, Stuart Gordon, 1993) ; FRANKENSTEIN (US, James Whale, 1931) ; FRIGHTENERS, THE (NZ/US, Peter Jackson, 1996) ; FULL METAL JACKET (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1987) ; GATTACA (US, Andrew Niccol, 1997) ; GHOST (US, Jerry Zucker, 1990) ; GHOSTS... OF THE CIVIL DEAD (AT, John Hillcoat, 1988) ; GROUNDHOG DAY (US, Harold Ramis, 1993) ; HANDMAID'S TALE, THE (US/GW, Volker Schlondorff, 1990) ; HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (US, Woody Allen, 1986) ; HE SAID, SHE SAID (US, Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver, 1991) ; HIGH HOPES (UK, Mike Leigh, 1988) ; HIGH NOON (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952) ; HILARY AND JACKIE (UK, Anand Tucker, 1998) ; MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (UK, Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1974) ; IF... (UK, Lindsay Anderson, 1968) ; INHERIT THE WIND (US, Stanley Kramer, 1960) ; INTERIORS (US, Woody Allen, 1978) ; INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (US, Neil Jordan, 1994) ; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (US, Don Siegel, 1956) ; ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, THE (US, Erle C. Kenton, 1932) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (US, Stanley Kramer, 1961) ; JURASSIC PARK (US, Steven Spielberg,, 1993) ; KOYAANISQATSI (US, Godfrey Reggio, 1982) ; LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD (UK, Kenneth Loach, 1994) ; ULTIMA CENA, LA (CU, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, 1976) ; MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (UK, Terry Jones, 1979) ; LOVE AND DEATH (US, Woody Allen, 1975) ; M (G, Fritz Lang, 1931) ; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) ; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941) ; MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (US, John Frankenheimer, 1962) ; MATEWAN (US, John Sayles, 1987) ; MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999) ; MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (UK, Terry Jones, 1983) ; MEPHISTO (HU/GW, Istvan Szabo, 1981) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) ; MISSION, THE (UK, Roland Joffe, 1986) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MON ONCLE (FR/IT, Jacques Tati, 1958) ; MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (UK, Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1974) ; MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS [TV] (UK, 1969-1974) ; MY FAIR LADY (US, George Cukor, 1964) ; NAME OF THE ROSE, THE [NAME DER ROSE, DER] (GW/IT/FR, Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1986) ; NORMA RAE (US, Martin Ritt, 1979) ; NUTTY PROFESSOR, THE (US, Jerry Lewis, 1963) ; O LUCKY MAN! (UK, Lindsay Anderson, 1973) ; OKTIABR [OCTOBER] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1928) ; OLIVIER, OLIVIER (FR, Agnieszka Holland, 1992) ; ON THE BEACH (US, Stanley Kramer, 1959) ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (US, Milos Forman, 1975) ; PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT, THE (US, Milos Forman, 1996) ; PLAYER, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1992) ; PLAYTIME (FR, Jacques Tati, 1967) ; PRINCESS BRIDE, THE (US, Rob Reiner, 1987) ; PURA FORMALITA, UNA (IT/FR, Guiseppe Tornatore, 1994) ; STILTE ROND CHRISTINE M., DE (NE, Marleen Gorris, 1982) ; QUIZ SHOW (US, Robert Redford, 1994) ; RAIN (US, Louis Milestone, 1932) ; RAIN MAN (US, Barry Levinson, 1988) ; RAPTURE, THE (US, Michael Tolkin, 1991) ; RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ; REAR WINDOW (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) ; REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (US, Nicholas Ray, 1955) ; RETOUR DE MARTIN GUERRE, LE (FR, Daniel Vigne, 1982) ; ROBOCOP (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1987) ; ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (UK, Tom Stoppard, 1990) ; SALT OF THE EARTH (US, Herbert J. Biberman, 1954) ; SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (US, Steven Spielberg, 1998) ; SCHINDLER'S LIST (US, Steven Spielberg, 1993) ; SEA OF LOVE (US, Harold Becker, 1989) ; SEVEN [SE7EN] (US, David Fincher, 1995) ; SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; SHOCKER (US, Wes Craven, 1989) ; SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (US, Jonathan Demme, 1991) ; SIMON DEL DESIERTO (MX, Luis Bunuel, 1965) ; SLEEPER (US, Woody Allen, 1973) ; SOPHIE'S CHOICE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1982) ; STAGE FRIGHT (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1950) ; STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (US, Nicholas Meyer, 1982) ; STAR TREK ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; SUTURE (US, Scott McGehee & David Siegel, 1993) ; SWITCH (US, Blake Edwards, 1991) ; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; TESTAMENT DU DOCTEUR CORDELIER, LE (FR, Jean Renoir, 1961) ; THINGS TO COME (UK, William Cameron Menzies, 1936) ; TROIS COULEURS: BLEU (FR, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) ; THREE FACES OF EVE (US, Nunnally Johnson, 1957) ; TOTAL RECALL (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1990) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) ; USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (US, Bryan Singer, 1995) ; VICE VERSA (US, Brian Gilbert, 1988) ; JUNGFRUKALLAN (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1960) ; WAG THE DOG (US, Barry Levinson, 1997) ; WALL STREET (US, Oliver Stone, 1987) ; WILD ONE, THE (US, Laslo Benedek, 1953) ; WITTGENSTEIN (UK, Derek Jarman, 1993) ; YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (US, Fritz Lang, 1937) Summary: Now emulated in several competing publications, but still unsurpassed in clarity and insight, Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy, Third Edition builds on the approach that made the two earlier editions so successful. Drawing on many popular and some lesser known films from around the world, Christopher Falzon introduces students to key areas in philosophy, like: Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, The Theory of Knowledge, The Self and Personal Identity, Critical Thinking.
Perfect for beginners, this book guides the reader through philosophy using illuminating cinematic works, like Avatar, Inception, Fight Club, Wings of Desire, Run Lola Run, A Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner, Dirty Harry and many other films.
The fully revised and updated Third Edition features: an expanded introduction that provides a new discussion of the relationship between film and philosophy; new material on notable philosophers such as Aristotle, Merleau-Ponty and Rawls; and coverage of new topics like virtue ethics and what Socrates offers for critical thinking. An updated glossary, references and bibliography, and a filmography, are also included in the Third Edition. -- publisher's web siteNotes: Includes glossaryISBN: 9780415538169Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1 - Plato’s Picture Show - the theory of knowledge -- 2 - All of Me - the self and personal identity -- 3 - Crimes and Misdemeanors - moral philosophy -- 4 - Antz - social and political philosophy -- 5 - Modern Times - society, science, and technology -- 6 - The Holy Grail - critical thinking -- Further Reading -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index
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Reality or illusion? : pre-millennial anxieties and the hero myth in Dark City, The Truman Show and The Matrix / A thesis presented by Fincina Hopgood Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 2000.
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Skepticism films : knowing and doubting the world in contemporary cinema / Philipp Schmerheim New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
Call No: 630.3(73) SCHAuthor: Schmerheim, philipp Edition: 2016Place: New YorkPublisher: Bloomsbury AcademicPubDate: 2016PhysDes: xiv, 336 p. : illus. ; 23 cmSubject: REALISM IN FILMS ; MATRIX, THE [...] (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999-2003) ; THIRTEENTH FLOOR, THE (US, Josef Rusnak, 1999) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) Notes: Skepticism Films: Knowing and Doubting the World in Contemporary Cinema introduces skepticism films as updated configurations of skepticist thought experiments which exemplify the pervasiveness of philosophical ideas in popular culture. Philipp Schmerheim defends a pluralistic film-philosophical position according to which films can be, but need not be, expressions of philosophical thought in their own right. It critically investigates the influence of ideas of skepticism on film-philosophical theories and develops a typology of skepticism films by analyzing The Truman Show, Inception, The Matrix, Vanilla Sky, The Thirteenth Floor, Moon and other contemporary skepticism films. With its focus on skepticism as one of the most significant philosophical problems, Skepticism Films provides a better understanding of the dynamic interplay between film, theories of film and philosophy. -- publisher's blurbISBN: 9781501310973Contents: List of figures
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1. Introduction: Skepticism Films. A Certain Tendency in Contemporary Cinema
Part I: Thinking Through Cinema
2. Films as Configurations of Philosophical Thought
3. Remediating Philosophy, or: The Media of Philosophical Thought
Part II: Skepticism in Film Philosophy
4. Varieties of Philosophical Skepticism: Knowledge, Acknowledgement, and Trust
5. A Moving Image of Skepticism? Philosophy's Acknowledgement of Film
6. A Cinema for Believers. Trust, Belief, and the Expulsion from the Paradise of Childhood
Part III: Skepticism Films
7. Varieties of Skepticism Films
8. Tools for Philosophical Film Analysis
9. (Not) Knowing My World: External World Skepticism Films
10. Not Knowing My Self, or: Being One's Own Evil Deceiver
11. Coda. From Doubt to Acknowledgement, or: The Philosophical Significance of Skepticism Films revisited
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The Truman Show in Empire (Australian Ed.) (March 2006) iss.60 p.108
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