New Philosophies of Film

Robert Sinnerbrink is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the author of Understanding Hegelianism (Acumen, 2007), co-editor of Critique Today (Brill, 2006), and has published articles on Lynch, Malick, and von Trier in journals including Film-Philosophy, Projections: The Journal of Movies and Mind, and Screening the Past.

Both an excellent introduction and an original contribution to the field, New Philosophies of Film: Thinking Images covers a large range of theoretical positions with impressive adroitness. By offering incisive philosophical analyses alongside brilliant film readings, Sinnerbrink achieves that rare thing, a true marriage of the abstract and the concrete that will be of huge value to scholars and students alike. Professor John Mullarkey, Kingston University, London, UK

• Preface \ Introduction: Why Did Philosophy Go To The Movies? \ Part I: The Analytic-Cognitivist Turn \ 1. The Empire Strikes Back: Critiques of "Grand Theory" \ 2. The Rules of the Game: New Ontologies of Film \ 3. Adaptation: Philosophical Approaches to Narrative \ Part II: From Cognitivism to Film Philosophy \ 4. Cognitivism Goes to the Movies \ 5. Bande à part: Deleuze and Cavell as Film-Philosophers \ 6. Scenes from a Marriage: Film as Philosophy \ Part III: Cinematic Thinking \ 7. Hollywood in Trouble: David Lynch's INLAND EMPIRE \ 8. 'Chaos Reigns': Anti-cognitivism in Lars von Trier's Antichrist \ 9. Song of the Earth: Cinematic Romanticism inMalick's The New World \ Coda: 'The Six Most Beautiful Minutes in the History of Cinema'\ Bibliography \ Filmography \ Index.