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OverviewFew movies of recent times have caught and shocked our imagination as the Alien cinematic quartet and the quest of Sigourney Weaver's Flight Lieutenant Ellen Ripley. But what deeper issues about the nature of film and philosophy does the Alien story raise? On Film shows in beautifully clear style how these films are themselves examples of philosophy in action. By bringing a philosopher's eye to film Stephen Mulhall reflects on what these films tell us about relation of human identity to the body, explores the nature of sequeldom and how the Alien narrative renews itself over time and asks what logic, if any, underlies the apparently Darwinian universe the alien beings inhabit. He also discusses the significance of different directors and questions how that director is the film's ""author"". Throughout he asks what the timely question of what it means to read a film on its own terms, before we excitedly read theories into it. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen MulhallPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.181kg ISBN: 9780415247962ISBN 10: 0415247969 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 14 December 2001 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Replaced By: 9780415441537 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1 Kane’s Son, Cain’s Daughter: Ridley Scott’s Alien One; Part 2 Making Babies: James Cameron’s Aliens Two; Part 3 Mourning Sickness: David Fincher’salien3 Three; Part 4 The Monster’s Mother: Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Alien Resurrection Four;ReviewsOn Film presents an always engaging, often provocative, and frequently brilliant philosophical investigation of the 'Alien' quartet of science-fiction/action/horror films...the book achieves the rare distinction of having something interesting and important to say to philosophers, fans and cinema studies scholars simultaneously. - American Society of Aesthetics Newsletter A new and noteworthy addition to Routledge's high-profile Thinking in Action series, Stephen Mulhall's On Film presents an always engaging, often provocative, and frequently brilliant philosophical investigation of the 'Alien' quartet of science-fiction/action/horror films initiated in 1979 with Ridley Scott's eponymous classic...the book achieves the rare distinction of haiving something interesting and important to say to philosophers, fans, and cinema studies scholars simultaneously. - Film and Philosophy This is clearly an important series. I look forward to reading future volumes. -Frank Kermode As a study showing how this particular film quartet thematizes deep metaphysical and existential eissues the book succeeds in an admirable manner, and makes for a thought-provoking read. It is clear, accessible and engaging, and thus certainly fulfills the aims of the series it appears in. -Simo Saatela, Uppsala University, Philosophy in Review On Film presents an always engaging, often provocative, and frequently brilliant philosophical investigation of the 'Alien' quartet of science-fiction/action/horror films...the book achieves the rare distinction of having something interesting and important to say to philosophers, fans and cinema studies scholars simultaneously. <br>- American Society of Aesthetics Newsletter <br> A new and noteworthy addition to Routledge's high-profile Thinking in Action series, Stephen Mulhall's On Film presents an always engaging, often provocative, and frequently brilliant philosophical investigation of the 'Alien' quartet of science-fiction/action/horror films initiated in 1979 with Ridley Scott's eponymous classic...the book achieves the rare distinction of haiving something interesting and important to say to philosophers, fans, and cinema studies scholars simultaneously. <br>- Film and Philosophy <br> This is clearly an important series. I look forward to reading future volumes. <br>-Frank Kermode <br> As a study showing how this particular film quartet thematizes deep metaphysical and existential eissues the book succeeds in an admirable manner, and makes for a thought-provoking read. It is clear, accessible and engaging, and thus certainly fulfills the aims of the series it appears in. <br>-Simo Saatela, Uppsala University, Philosophy in Review <br> """"On Film presents an always engaging, often provocative, and frequently brilliant philosophical investigation of the 'Alien' quartet of science-fiction/action/horror films...the book achieves the rare distinction of having something interesting and important to say to philosophers, fans and cinema studies scholars simultaneously."" -""American Society of Aesthetics Newsletter ""A new and noteworthy addition to Routledge's high-profile ""Thinking in Action"" series, Stephen Mulhall's ""On Film presents an always engaging, often provocative, and frequently brilliant philosophical investigation of the 'Alien' quartet of science-fiction/action/horror films initiated in 1979 with Ridley Scott's eponymous classic...the book achieves the rare distinction of haiving something interesting and important to say to philosophers, fans, and cinema studies scholars simultaneously."" -""Film and Philosophy ""This is clearly an important series. I look forward to reading future volumes."" -Frank Kermode ""As a study showing how this particular film quartet thematizes deep metaphysical and existential eissues the book succeeds in an admirable manner, and makes for a thought-provoking read. It is clear, accessible and engaging, and thus certainly fulfills the aims of the series it appears in."" -Simo Saatela, Uppsala University, ""Philosophy in Review """""On Film presents an always engaging, often provocative, and frequently brilliant philosophical investigation of the 'Alien' quartet of science-fiction/action/horror films...the book achieves the rare distinction of having something interesting and important to say to philosophers, fans and cinema studies scholars simultaneously."" -""American Society of Aesthetics Newsletter ""A new and noteworthy addition to Routledge's high-profile ""Thinking in Action"" series, Stephen Mulhall's ""On Film presents an always engaging, often provocative, and frequently brilliant philosophical investigation of the 'Alien' quartet of science-fiction/action/horror films initiated in 1979 with Ridley Scott's eponymous classic...the book achieves the rare distinction of haiving something interesting and important to say to philosophers, fans, and cinema studies scholars simultaneously."" -""Film and Philosophy ""This is clearly an important series. I look forward to reading future volumes."" -Frank Kermode ""As a study showing how this particular film quartet thematizes deep metaphysical and existential eissues the book succeeds in an admirable manner, and makes for a thought-provoking read. It is clear, accessible and engaging, and thus certainly fulfills the aims of the series it appears in."" -Simo Saatela, Uppsala University, ""Philosophy in Review" Author InformationStephen Mulhall teaches Philosophy at New College, Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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