Readings

The Philosophy of Film

Robert Pippin and James Conant

23-28 August, 2015

READING LIST

Monday

Session 1                   

1. Bazin, Andre, What is Cinema?, “The Ontology of the Photographic Image”
2.  Bazin, Andre, What is Cinema?, “The Myth of Total Cinema”
3. Cavell, Stanley, The World Viewed, pp. 3-37

Session 2

1. Conant, James, “The Ontology of the Cinematographic Image"
2. Perkins, V.F., “Where is the world? The horizon of events in movie fiction”

Session 3

1. Conant, James, “The invisibility of directorial perfection”
2. Rothman, William, The Murderous Gaze, “Psycho”(ch. 5)
3. Wood, Robin, Hitchcock’s Films, “Psycho”

Tuesday

Session 5

1. Braudy, Leo, The World in a Frame, “The Conventions of Connection”
2. Cavell, Stanley, Pursuits of Happiness, pp. 27-29

Session 6

1. Pippin, Robert, Fatalism in American Film Noir, Introduction
2. Warshow, Robert, “The Gangster as Tragic Hero”                 *Recommended reading*

Session 7

1. Pippin, Robert, Fatalism in American Film Noir, Chapter1

Wednesday

Session 9

1. Bazin, Andre, “The Western, or the American Film par excellence”
2. Warshow, Robert, “Movie Chronicle: The Westerner”

Session 10

1. Pippin, Robert, Hollywood Westerns and American Myth, Chapter 1

Session 11

1. Pippin, Robert, Hollywood Westerns and American Myth, Chapter 3

Thursday

Session 13

1. Wood, Robin, Hitchcock’s Films, Introduction& “Vertigo” (ch. 4)

Session 14

1. Rothman, William, “Scottie’s Dream”, from Vertigo, ed. Makkai
2. Makkai, Katalin, “Vertigo and Being Seen”, from Vertigo, ed. Makkai

Session 15

1. Friedlander, Eli, “Being-in-(techni)color”, from Vertigo, ed. Makkai
2. Klevan, Andrew, “Vertigo and the Spectator ofFilm Analysis”, from Vertigo, ed. Makkai

Friday

Session 17

1. Pippin, Robert, “Psychology Degree Zero”