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24.213 Philosophy of Film | Linguistics and Philosophy

This course is a seminar on the philosophical analysis of film art, with an emphasis on the ways in which it creates meaning through techniques that define a formal structure. There is a particular focus on aesthetic problems about appearance and reality, literary and visual effects, communication and alienation through film technology.

Keywords:: Orson, Citizen Kane, art, formal structure, Jean, reality, alienation, analysis, The Purple Rose of Cairo, film, technology, Welles, Hitchcock, Allen, appearance, visual effects, Woody, problems, Alfred, Megahey, The Magnificent Ambersons, BBC Television, Philosophy, Luchino, literary, Visconti, seminar, aesthetic, The 39 Steps, Renoir, Le Roi d'Yveto, Lindstrom, The Rules of the Game, The Crime of Monsieur Lange, meaning, Death in Venice, Beauty and the Beast, Film and Video, communication

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Humanities / Philosophy

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
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Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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Language:: English
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