Philosophy of Film

 

Basic Information

The Philosophy of Film (RG) is an academic initiative that explores philosophical themes in cinema, analyzing films through critical and theoretical perspectives. Sessions will be conducted online and will include discussions based on selected readings and film screenings.

Sessions: 

  • Farhadi, About Elly

Date: September 17, 2024
Time: 17:00 (Online)

Readings:

-Taraneh Dadar, «Framing a Hybrid Tradition: Realism and Melodrama in About Elly,» in Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Television, M. Stewart (ed.), Palgrave, Basingstoke (2014), 223-238.

-Aarón Rodríguez Serrano, «Structures in Crisis: A Narrative Approach to Asghar Farhadi’s Films,» Iranian Studies 53 5–6 (2020), 911–924.

  • Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

Date: November 1, 2024
Time: 17:00 (Online)

Reading:

-Robert Koehler, «Anatomy of a Fall,» Cineaste 2/4/2024, 46-48.

  • Bollaín, Maixabel

Date: December 6, 2024
Time: 17:00 (Online)

  • Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing

Date: To be announced
Time: 17:00 (Online)

Readings:

-Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic, «Perpetrator Disgust: A Morally Destructive Emotion,» in T. Brudholm and J. Lang, Emotions and Mass Atrocity: Philosophical and Theoretical Explorations, Cambridge, CUP (2018), 142-161.

-Thomas E. Wartenberg, «The Act of Killing: Empathy, Morality, and Re-Enactment,» in David LaRocca, Metacinema, Oxford University Press (2021), 255-269.

Coordinators: 

Manuel García-Carpintero and Josep Corbí

Contact: 

josep.corbi@uv.es, mgcarpintero@gmail.com