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Acknowledgments viii General Introduction 1 Part I: Do We Need Film Theory? Introduction 8 Study Questions 14 1 Prospects for Film Theory: A Personal Assessment 16 Noël Carroll 2 Can Scientific Models of Theorizing Help Film Theory? 26 Malcolm Turvey 3 Philosophy of Film as the Creation of Concepts 53 Gilles Deleuze Part II: What Is the Nature of Film? Introduction 58 Study Questions 62 4 Defining the Photoplay 64 Hugo Münsterberg 5 The Artistry of Silent Film 70 Rudolf Arnheim 6 Cinematic Realism 83 André Bazin 7 Film, Photography, and Transparency 97 Kendall L. Walton 8 Non-fictional Cinematic Artworks and Knowledge 103 Trevor Ponech Part III: Do Films Have Authors? Introduction 125 Study Questions 130 9 La Politique des Auteurs 132 François Truffaut 10 Auteur Theory and Film Evaluation 136 Andrew Sarris 11 The Idea of Film Criticism 144 Pauline Kael 12 Against Authorship 156 Stephen Heath 13 DVDs and the Director's Intentions 157 Deborah Parker and Mark Parker Part IV: How Do Films Engage Our Emotions? Introduction 166 Study Questions 172å 14 Narrative Desire 175 Gregory Currie 15 Spectator Emotion and Ideological Film Criticism 182 Carl Plantinga 16 Engaging Characters 193 Murray Smith 17 The Paradox of Horror 204 Noël Carroll Part V: Must Films Have Narrators? Introduction 212 Study Questions 215 18 Principles of Film Narration 216 David Bordwell 19 The Cinematic Narrator 223 Seymour Chatman 20 Narration as Showing 233 George M. Wilson Part VI: Can Films Be Socially Critical? Introduction 242 Study Questions 246 21 The Politics of Representation 248 Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner 22 But Would You Want Your Daughter To Marry One? Politics and Race in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner 261 Thomas E. Wartenberg 23 Stella at the Movies: Class, Critical Spectatorship, and Melodrama in Stella Dallas 272 Angela Curran Part VII: What Can We Learn From Films? Introduction 292 Study Questions 298 24 Knowledge as Transgression: It Happened One Night 300 Stanley Cavell 25 Realist Horror 311 Cynthia A. Freeland 26 Philosophy Screened: Experiencing The Matrix 320 Thomas E. Wartenberg 27 Virtue and Happiness in Groundhog Day 328 Joseph H. Kupfer Suggestions for Further Reading 340 Index 000
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Motion pictures -- Philosophy.