Filmed Thought: Cinema as Reflective Form

by Robert B. Pippin

Book Overview

With the rise of review sites and social media, films today, as soon as they are shown, immediately become the topic of debates on their merits not only as entertainment, but also as serious forms of artistic expression. Philosopher Robert B. Pippin, however, wants us to consider a more radical proposition: film as thought, as a reflective form. Pippin explores this idea through a series of perceptive analyses of cinematic masterpieces, revealing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022667200X
• ISBN13: 9780226672007
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"