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Author: Nathan Andersen (Eckerd College, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9780415742115
ISBN 10: 0415742110
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 20 December 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Striking an excellent balance between complexity and clarity, this book accomplishes something badly needed in the field, combining philosophical background with the basics of film analysis to elucidate how philosophy might inform our understanding of moving-image texts. Its excellent prose style, engaging authorial tone, and impressive ability to make complex concepts accessible, makes this an excellent and significant book for film-philosophy readers from any background. Hunter Vaughan, Oakland University, USA Nathan Andersen's Film, Philosophy, and Reality is a wonderfully engaging historical introduction to philosophy and film theory. Focusing on the relationship between appearance and reality, he elaborates the philosophical kinship between thought and image with skill and insight. His exploration of Godard's Breathless from metaphysical and existential perspectives is excellent. Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University, Australia
Striking an excellent balance between complexity and clarity, this book accomplishes something badly needed in the field, combining philosophical background with the basics of film analysis to elucidate how philosophy might inform our understanding of moving-image texts. Its excellent prose style, engaging authorial tone, and impressive ability to make complex concepts accessible, makes this an excellent and significant book for film-philosophy readers from any background. Hunter Vaughan, Oakland University, USA
"""Striking an excellent balance between complexity and clarity, this book accomplishes something badly needed in the field, combining philosophical background with the basics of film analysis to elucidate how philosophy might inform our understanding of moving-image texts. Its excellent prose style, engaging authorial tone, and impressive ability to make complex concepts accessible, makes this an excellent and significant book for film-philosophy readers from any background."" Hunter Vaughan, Oakland University, USA ""Nathan Andersen’s Film, Philosophy, and Reality is a wonderfully engaging historical introduction to philosophy and film theory. Focusing on the relationship between appearance and reality, he elaborates the philosophical kinship between thought and image with skill and insight. His exploration of Godard’s Breathless from metaphysical and existential perspectives is excellent."" Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University, Australia ""Striking an excellent balance between complexity and clarity, this book accomplishes something badly needed in the field, combining philosophical background with the basics of film analysis to elucidate how philosophy might inform our understanding of moving-image texts. Its excellent prose style, engaging authorial tone, and impressive ability to make complex concepts accessible, makes this an excellent and significant book for film-philosophy readers from any background."" Hunter Vaughan, Oakland University, USA ""Nathan Andersen’s Film, Philosophy, and Reality is a wonderfully engaging historical introduction to philosophy and film theory. Focusing on the relationship between appearance and reality, he elaborates the philosophical kinship between thought and image with skill and insight. His exploration of Godard’s Breathless from metaphysical and existential perspectives is excellent."" Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University, Australia"
Author Information
Nathan Andersen teaches philosophy and film studies at Eckerd College in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA. He programs an award-winning cinema series and is the co-director of the ""Visions of Nature/Voices of Nature,"" Environmental Film Festival. He is the author of Shadow Philosophy: Plato’s Cave and Cinema (2014, Routledge), and has published on the history of philosophy, environmental philosophy, and film.
