Film as Philosophy Essays on Cinema after Wittgenstein and Cavell

This unique volume treats films as philosophy, rather than speaking of films only in relation to philosophy and subjugating the film in question to pre-existing theories. Bringing together essays from some of the leading scholars in the field, the book also features an interview with Stanley Cavell in which he explains his most recent thinking on the belief that films can think; that they can, indeed, function as philosophy.

Jerry Goodenough is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia and is joint editor of UEA Papers in Philosophy. Rupert Read is Head of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia.

List of Plates * Preface * Notes on Contributors * Introduction I: A Philosopher Goes to the Cinema; J.Goodenough * Introduction II: What Theory of Film do Wittgenstein and Cavell Have?; R.Read * PART I: ESSAYS * Cogito Ergo Film: Plato, Descartes and Fight Club; N.Bauer * In Space No-one can Hear you Scream; S.Mulhall * Memento: A Philosophical Investigation; P.Hutchinson & R.Read * The Everydayness of Don Giovanni; S.Glendinning * Silent Dialogue: Philosophizing with Jan Svankmajer; D.Rudrum * Calm: On Terence Malik's The Thin Red Line; S.Critchley * Habitual Remarriage: The Ends of Happiness in The Palm Beach Story; S.Klawans * PART II: INTERVIEW * What Becomes of Thinking on Film?: Stanley Cavell in Conversation with Andrew Klevan * Bibliography * Index