Post-War Modernist Cinema and Philosophy

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Hamish Ford

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3. The Negative Impression

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   2. Cinema’s Ontological Challenge

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   3. Formal Violence

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4. An Anxious Pause

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   2. Dangerous Temporalities

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   3. The New World

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   4. Conclusion

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5. Back Matter

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A unique study of four major post-war European films by four key 'auteurs', which argues that these films exemplify film modernism at the peak of its philosophical reflection and aesthetic experimentation.

• cinema
• film
• philosophy

'Ford draws on a wide range of research across film, modernist cultural and aesthetic theory and continental philosophical terrains. The work engages both with more recent film-philosophy scholarship and the disciplinary resources of film studies work on the movements and individual filmmakers in question. A successful and important contribution to scholarship on these films, their historical and aesthetic significance and their capacity to 'do' philosophy.' - Patrick Crogan, University of the West of England, UK

• University of Newcastle, Australia

  Hamish Ford

HAMISH FORD is Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies at Newcastle University, Australia. He has published journal articles in The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, Senses of Cinema and Real Time, and has contributed to books including New Takes in Film-Philosophy (Palgrave, 2011).

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