Philosophy in Stan Brakhage's Dog Star Man World, Metaphor, Interpre
This book shows how a masterpiece of experimental cinema can be interpreted through hermeneutics of the film world. As an application of Ricœurian methodology to a non-narrative film, the book calls into question the fundamental concept of the film world.
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Alberto Baracco
Philosophy in Stan Brakhage’s Dog Star Man
Alberto Baracco
Philosophy in Stan Brakhage’s Dog Star Man World, Metaphor, Interpretation
Alberto Baracco University of Turin Turin, Italy
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To my childhood imaginary friend.
Preface
The central tenet of this book is that film can philosophize. The book therefore falls within the wide and composite body of work identified with the term film as philosophy. After decades of critical inquiry in film philosophy, film as philosophy seems now to have become an established, fully recognized area of research in film studies. Recent years have seen the publication of a large number of works focused on film as philosophy, conferences devoted to this area of research and the creation of numerous journals and websites. However, despite this important achievement, film scholars have not yet paid sufficient attention to the methodological problems of interpretation of film philosophizing. This book offers a study of DSM ’ s philosophy through an interpretive methodology based on Ricœur’s hermeneutics. The book suggests that a philosophical discussion of film cannot be conducted without an adequate methodological approach to the problem of interpretation. Interpreting the film’s philosophy entails, first of all, a reflection on interpretation and on the
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