PHI350: Philosophy and Cinema

Explore the philosophy of fi lm and what philosophy has to say about cinema. Can a camera movement or narrative twist be a form of thought? This unit explores these questions across a range of philosophical writings dealing with the ontological, phenomenological, hermeneutic and aesthetic aspects of the cinematic experience. Rather than treating cinema as an illustration of various theories, you will examine the ways in which cinema as a medium itself raises philosophical problems, explores philosophical themes in visual and narrative terms and has philosophical implications for understanding modern culture.