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Author:   Stanley Cavell ,  William Rothman ,  William Rothman
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9798855801613

Pages:   514
Publication Date:   01 March 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface to the Second Edition William Rothman Introduction William Rothman 1. What Becomes of Things on Film? (1978) 2. On Makavejev on Bergman (1979) 3. North by Northwest (1981) 4. The Fact of Television (1982) 5. The Thought of Movies (1983) 6. What (Good) Is a Film Museum? What Is a Film Culture? (1983) 7. What Photography Calls Thinking (1985) 8. A Capra Moment (1985) 9. The Fantastic of Philosophy (1986) 10. Two Cheers for Romance (1988) 11. The Advent of Videos (1988) 12. Prénom: Marie (1993) 13. Nothing Goes without Saying: Reading the Marx Brothers (1994) 14. Seasons of Love: Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night and The Winter's Tale (1994) 15. Words of Welcome (1996) 16. Groundhog Day (1996) 17. Something Out of the Ordinary (1996) 18. The World as Things: Collecting Thoughts on Collecting (1998) 19. Concluding Remarks Presented at Paris Colloquium on La Projection du monde (1999) 20. On Eric Rohmer's A Tale of Winter (1999) 21. The Image of the Psychoanalyst in Film (2000) 22. Opera in (and As) Film (2000) 23. Philosophy the Day after Tomorrow (2000) 24. The Good of Film (2000) 25. Moral Reasoning: Teaching from the Core (2001) 26. Crossing Paths (2002) 27. After Half a Century (2001) 28. Introducing The Lady Eve (1999) 29. Slapstick without Sticks (2001) 30. Fred Astaire Asserts the Right to Praise (2005) 31. Doug Liman's Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) 32. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2006) 33. Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale (2008) Index

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""A perfect stand-alone intro to Cavell's overarching project, namely to transmit his continuously amazed perception that film exists as an instantiation of philosophy itself."" — Film Comment

"""A perfect stand-alone intro to Cavell's overarching project, namely to transmit his continuously amazed perception that film exists as an instantiation of philosophy itself."" — Film Comment"

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William Rothman is Professor of Cinematic Arts at the University of Miami. His many books include The Holiday in His Eye: Stanley Cavell's Vision of Film and Philosophy and Tuitions and Intuitions: Essays at the Intersection of Film Criticism and Philosophy, both published by SUNY Press.

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