The relationship between film and philosophy has become a topic of intense intellectual interest. But how should we understand this relationship? Can philosophy renew our understanding of film? Can film challenge or even transform how we understand philosophy? New Philosophies of Film explores these questions in relation to both analytic and Continental philosophies of film, arguing that the best way to overcome their mutual antagonism is by constructing a more pluralist film-philosophy grounded in detailed engagement with particular films. Sinnerbrink not only provides lucid critical analyses of the exciting developments and contentious debates in the new philosophies of film, but also showcases how a pluralist film-philosophy works in the case of three challenging contemporary filmmakers: David Lynch, Lars von Trier, and Terrence Malick. New Philosophies of Film thus puts interdisciplinary film -philosophy into practice, and should be of great interest to students and researchers working across the disciplines of philosophy, film studies, and cultural studies.
Robert Sinnerbrink is Lecturer in Philosophy at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the author of Understanding Hegelianism (Acumen, 2007), and co-editor of Critique Today (Brill, 2006), and published articles on Malick, Lynch, and von Trier in journals including Film-Philosophy, Projections: The Journal of Movies and Mind, and Senses of Cinema.
Introduction: Why Philosophy of Film Now?; Part I: The Analytic-Cognitivist Turn; 1. The Empire Strikes Back: From "Grand Theory" to the New Film Ontology; 2. The Bad and the Beautiful: Narrative, Character Engagement, and Genre; 3. Artificial Intelligence: Cognitivism Goes to the Movies; Part II: The 'Continental'-Romantic Paradigm; 4. From Ontology to Appreciation: Cavellian Romanticism; 5. Time, Affect, and the Brain: Deleuzian Cinematic Thinking; 6. Who's Afraid of Ideology Critique? The New Political Film Aesthetics; Part III: Cinematic Thinking; 7. From Badlands to New Worlds: Terrence Malick's Cinematic Poetry; 8. Cinematic Ideas: David Lynch as Film-Philosopher; 9. Beyond Dogme: Lars von Trier's Romantic Irony; Conclusion: From Philosophy of Film to Film-Philosophy; Filmography; Bibliography; Index.
Both an excellent introduction and an original contribution to the field, New Philosophies of Film: Thinking Images covers a large range of theoretical positions with impressive adroitness. By offering incisive philosophical analyses alongside brilliant film readings, Sinnerbrink achieves that rare thing, a true marriage of the abstract and the concrete that will be of huge value to scholars and students alike. Professor John Mullarkey, Kingston University, London, UK
Lucy Bolton, David Martin-Jones, Robert Sinnerbrink, University of London) Bolton, Lucy (Reader in Film Studies, Queen Mary, University of Glasgow) Martin-Jones, David (Professor of Film Studies, Sydney) Sinnerbrink, Robert (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University
Lucy Bolton, David Martin-Jones, Robert Sinnerbrink, University of London) Bolton, Lucy (Reader in Film Studies, Queen Mary, University of Glasgow) Martin-Jones, David (Professor of Film Studies, Sydney) Sinnerbrink, Robert (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University
Lucy Bolton, David Martin-Jones, Robert Sinnerbrink, University of London) Bolton, Lucy (Reader in Film Studies, Queen Mary, University of Glasgow) Martin-Jones, David (Professor of Film Studies, Sydney) Sinnerbrink, Robert (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University