Abbas Kiarostami and Film-Philosophy

Mathew Abbott is Lecturer in Philosophy at Federation University Australia. He completed his PhD at in philosophy at the University of Sydney. He has taught philosophy, film, aesthetics and poetry at Sydney, the Australian National University and the University of Canberra. He researches modern European philosophy, political philosophy, critical theory and aesthetics.

Abbas Kiarostami and Film-Philosophy is an eloquent and impressive study of one of the most important filmmakers in world cinema. Not only does Abbott explore Kiarostami’s work with subtlety and insight, he makes a powerful and original contribution to the debate over cinema’s philosophical significance – the idea of ‘film as philosophy’. Essential reading for anyone concerned with film, philosophy and world cinemas.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Abbas Kiarostami and Film-Philosophy1. Cinematic Scepticism2. Apparition and Appearance3. Everything there is to Know4. Artifice and the Ordinary5. Absorption and Spectatorship6. The Comedy of Remarriage in an Age of Digital Reproducibility7. The Suspension of BeliefBibliographyIndex