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MIT 24.213 Philosophy of Film, Fall 2004

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Instructor: Prof. Irving Singer This course is a seminar on the philosophical analysis of film art, with an emphasis on the ways in which it creates meaning through techniques that define a formal structure. There is a particular focus on aesthetic problems about appearance and reality, literary and visual effects, communication and alienation through film technology. View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/24-213F04

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Philosophy;seminar;analysis;film;art;meaning;formal structure;aesthetic;problems;appearance;reality;literary;visual effects;communication;alienation;technology;Beauty and the Beast;Welles;Orson;Citizen Kane;Allen;Woody;The Purple Rose of Cairo;Visconti;Luchino;Death in Venice;Renoir;Jean;The Rules of the Game;Hitchcock;Alfred;The 39 Steps;Lindstrom;Megahey;BBC Television;The Magnificent Ambersons;The Crime of Monsieur Lange;Le Roi d'Yveto

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