Philosophy and Film

The official course blog of Philosophy and Film, PHRU 3636, offered at Fordham University by Prof. Ashley Vaught, during summer session 1 (June 1st to July 1st).

Monday, July 5, 2010

Plantinga: Emotion and Reason

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In “Spectator Emotion and Ideological Film Criticism”, Carl Plantinga argues that a Brechtian dualistic approach as overly simplistic. Wha...
Sunday, July 4, 2010

Our Narrator, who art in Fabulas

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The question “does film require a narrator?” is interesting mainly because it raises other important questions. It also forces us to examin...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010

She Loves Who?

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Arguably the greatest film of all time, Casablanca leaves its audience with one issue unresolved by leaving one question unanswered: Does ...
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Sympathy for Brendan aka Night Hawk

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In Engaging Characters , Murray Smith discusses what he believes are the three components of sympathy: recognition, alignment, and allegia...

Chatman's Cinematic Narrator

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In The Cinematic Narrator , Seymour Chatman makes that point that “it is not that the viewer constructs but that she reconstructs the fil...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Blasphemy!

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I don't think that Sam Elliott's totally awesome character/mustache in The Big Lebowski could really be considered a narrator; if t...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Man up, Paul

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The film is about the contempt that develops from miscommuncation between the sexes. Camille represents the female stereotype in that she d...
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