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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Philosofilm: towards a cinematic philosophy

Biderman, Shai January 2012 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / This dissertation examines existing attempts to answer the question "Can film philosophize?" (the"CFP question") and offers an original, affirmative account of the possibility of philosophizing by means of film. Focusing OD. narrative fiction films, this dissertation shows how the practice of philosophy can be transformed, and its powers expanded, through its encounter with the realm of moving images. The first chapter presents the groundwork for such a discussion, laying bare the scope of the various theoretical bases through which film and philosophy have been thought to intersect. The chapter follows the threads of extant discussions, from (a) explicitly philosophical approaches to film ("philosophy of film") to (b) in-depth studies of film's thematic constructs ("film theory") and (c) proposals of the symmetry or even fusion of film and philosophy ("film-philosophy"). Each of the three subsequent chapters addresses one of three possible answers to the CFP question.Chapter two focuses on a conservative approach ("the exclusivist thesis") that negates the possibility of any meaningful philosophical capacity in film. Chapter three considers a more moderate view ("the inclusivist thesis") that acknowledges the cinematic capacity for philosophical argumentation, in a manner that is unique, but only partial. The fourth and last chapter introduces an innovative perspective ("the integralist thesis") that countenances a unique cinematic potential to philosophize by insisting on a radical conception of the practice of philosophy itself. To reach this ultimate conclusion, the dissertation elaborates two crucial features of film - the non-linguistic nature of its narrative and the role played by the audience in film - and shows that exclusivists and inclusivists fail to take these features into consideration (largely owing to the principles from which these theorists set out to answer the CFP question). Exclusivists and inclusivists argue that film cannot philosophize (at least not properly) because philosophizing is an essentially linguistic endeavor and film is not.If, however, those crucial features are taken into account, it becomes apparent that exclusivist and inclusivist approaches alike are fatally flawed. The dissertation concludes, in conversation with the integralists, with an affirmation of film's philosophical potential.
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The role of imagination in Bergman, Klein and Sartre

Williams, Daniel January 2013 (has links)
This thesis provides an inter-disciplinary study of selected works by Ingmar Bergman. I explore how key concepts from Melanie Klein and Jean-Paul Sartre apply to the focus on characters in a state of heightened imagination; and the value placed on imagination in the construction of these films. This involves recognition of the way an active response from the viewer is encouraged. Klein, Sartre and Bergman also attend to contextual factors that challenge any notion of subjectivity as sovereign and the power of imagination is frequently placed in a social context. All three figures develop their ideas within specialised fields drawing on the influence of others. Chapter 2 shows how Klein’s ideas relate to the influence of Freud before exploring how her work can be applied to Bergman’s films through the example of Wild Strawberries. Chapter 3 concentrates on Sartre’s early work, The Imaginary and considers how this is significant in relation to some of Sartre’s better-known philosophical ideas developed during and after the Second World War. These ideas will lead to an exploration of The Seventh Seal. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 focus on three films from distinct parts of Bergman’s career: Summer with Monika, The Virgin Spring and Hour of the Wolf. In Chapter 4 this will be preceded by a brief over-view of three more films from the early part of Bergman’s career. These chapters explore how Kleinian and Sartrean ideas can be incorporated in close analysis, and alongside selected critical responses to the films. The analysis integrates key points from Klein and Sartre in a methodology specific to film studies. This will include analysis of cinematic elements such as camera work and lighting, and recognition of narrative structure and character development
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The possibilities of ‘Film Consciousness’ : a formulation in search of a theory

Hidalgo, Santiago 11 1900 (has links)
Cette étude s’inspire de questionnements soulevés, dans le cadre de leur recherche, par deux spécialistes du cinéma. Une première piste de recherche concerne l’histoire du cinéma des premiers temps et les sources documentaires, que l’historien Jan Olsson a défini comme un « domaine discursif » (“discursive domaine”) à part entière. Une deuxième piste de recherche s’inspire d’une remarque du philosophe et théoricien Murray Smith à propos de la manière dont les spectateurs se représentent mentalement les films qu’ils ont vus comme un domaine de la recherche cinématographique inexploré (“unchartered territory”). Cette thèse se concentre sur la « conscience cinématographique », c’est-à-dire sur la capacité du spectateur à se représenter mentalement un objet filmique ou à penser cinématographiquement. Cette formulation désigne des phénomènes particuliers. Historiquement, cette « conscience » est une forme de « sensibilisation au cinéma » (« movement of consciousness »), phénomène dont on peut observer les effets dans les textes consacrés au cinéma dans les années 1907-1912. Cette « sensibilisation » se manifeste par un intérêt grandissant pour les films, par l’invention de termes et de notions permettant de parler de cinéma, par des études spécialisées, portant sur le spectatorat ou la critique, montrant que les contemporains avaient conscience de cette « sensibilisation » (« self consciousness »). Ce questionnement de fond sur les sources documentaires, en tant qu’elles sont le révélateur d’une « conscience cinématographique », a une implication historiographique et méthodologique importante. L’apparente naïveté des sources d’époque a conduit certains historiens à décrire les spectateurs de l’époque comme étant, eux aussi, naïfs. Or, en réalité, la perception des phénomènes filmiques par les contemporains était plus complexe et nuancée que ce que les sources ne laissent le dire. Cette approche, qui porte sur les mentalités de l’époque et l’impact du cinéma sur les spectateurs, conduit à chercher les traces de cette « sensibilisation » dans les textes d’époque, à prendre compte des champs lexicaux et de leur évolution dans le temps. Elle permet également, pour l’historien, de tenir compte de la subjectivité des textes d’époque plutôt que de ne s’attacher qu’à des sources objectives ou des témoignages. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, la formulation « conscience cinématographique », dont l’occurrence n’est pas rare dans la littérature consacrée à l’histoire du cinéma, désigne cette partie de la conscience qui est façonnée par le cinéma. Cette conscience a plusieurs fonctions qui correspondent, chacune, à diverses catégories de conscience cinématographique. Il s’agit de la « sensibilité à l’esthétique du film », la « sensibilité à la technicité du film », la « sensibilité à la culture cinématographique », la « sensibilité au cinéma en tant qu’objet de pensée » ainsi que d’autres éléments permettant à la conscience de s’exercer (le lieu de la mémoire où reposent les souvenirs de films, les moments de cinéma associés à une identité personnelle, la faculté d’être conscient de sa propre conscience filmique et la conscience filmique subjective, forme de conscience et de sensibilité liée à une grande connaissance du cinéma. Ces diverses catégories de « sensibilité » à la chose cinématographique forment un vaste champ d’étude permettant de prendre la mesure de la transformation des mentalités et de cartographier le territoire inexploré évoqué par Murray Smith. Chacune de ces catégories représente un domaine de recherche spécifique, avec ses questionnements et ses enjeux propres, mais prend place dans un champ plus vaste, celui de « conscience cinématographique ». Quand cette approche s’applique aux sources documentaires portant spécifiquement sur le cinéma et son évolution, il est possible de voir à quel point le cinéma transforme les mentalités. / This thesis attempts to follow through on two “calls for further research” from recognized film scholars. One line of research centers on early cinema and especially on early American film publications (from 1906 to 1913), which Jan Olsson has defined as a “discursive domain calling for analysis as a phenomenon in its own right,” as opposed to only being “source material” film historians use for writing about early cinema. Another line of research concerns the “relationship between consciousness and film” that Murray Smith argues is an “unchartered territory” in film studies. In this thesis, this relationship between “consciousness and film” is defined from the perspective of ‘film consciousness’, which is a formulation with several functions. In some contexts, it refers to a “movement of consciousness” that appears in early film publications over the course of several years (between 1907 and 1912) manifested in a growing recognition of the constructed, aesthetic nature of film, changes in terminologies for naming and defining the object of cinema, in particular activities showing an appreciation of the contextual meaning of films, and in self-consciousness, such as in the study of audiences and meta-criticism. These parallel lines of research have an important scientific and methodological implication, in that early film publications are sometimes implicitly seen as displaying a “naïve consciousness” that is transposable onto early spectators broadly. A “film consciousness” approach recognizes a more complex consciousness that is revealed in subtle changes in language-use and behaviour over a period of time. It also allows for the study of the subjectivity of the writers as well, which is often revealed indirectly to the film historian, as opposed to explicit descriptions of subjective film experience. The formulation ‘film consciousness’ – which is occasionally used in film discourse, though usually without an institutional definition – is also regarded in this thesis as presenting its own ontological nature in the way it brings two semantic fields (“consciousness” and “film”) into relation. From this formulation, several “categories of film consciousness” are constructed. These include “film aesthetic awareness,” “film production awareness,” “film culture awareness,” “ways of existing towards film,” and several “entities of consciousness” (an imagined place in consciousness assumed to contain past film experiences, conscious phenomena derived from film experiences that are seen as bound to personal identity, a faculty that determines the way reality is engaged with, and a particular kind of conscious experience, defined as “subjective film consciousness.”) These categories of film consciousness collectively constitute an imagined “field of film consciousness” that serves to conceptualize the “unchartered territory” Murray Smith defines. Each category represents an individual area of research with concomitant questions and criteria that nevertheless exist on a continuum that the key term ‘film consciousness’ brings into constant rhetorical relation. When this field is applied to a set of film-related data, such as early film discourse, a set of connections between different regions of film consciousness emerges, thus allowing for the description of film consciousness at various levels.
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« L'art des yeux ouverts » : le cinéma, avènement d'une nouvelle culture dans les écrits de Béla Balázs / "The art of open eyes" : the film, advent of a new culture on Béla Balázs's written works

Campigotto, Marie 11 December 2017 (has links)
Aujourd’hui, le nom de Béla Balázs (1884-1949) est avant tout associé aux débuts de la théorisation du cinéma. Le présent travail résulte d’une volonté de lire ses écrits dans une perspective plus large que celle du champ cinématographique. L’analyse des réflexions de Balázs sur le cinéma dans un certain contexte d’histoire des idées permet de montrer par quel prisme il aborde cet art dans son ensemble. Dans un besoin de renouveau culturel qui l’a mené au communisme, il pense toujours le cinéma en fonction de ce qu’il signifie pour l’homme. Forgé par le constat de la crise de la culture de Georg Simmel et les réflexions bergsoniennes au sujet de la perception, Balázs défend l’idée que le cinéma surmonte les conséquences négatives de la modernité sur l’épanouissement des individus. Face à un monde de plus en plus mécanisé et vide de sens, le film représente une chance de se réapproprier la technique afin de mettre une nouvelle culture en mouvement. L’homme se détache de la sphère du lisible pour devenir visible à nouveau. Le cinéma présente un monde anthropomorphe et trois techniques principales lui confèrent son potentiel artistique et culturel : le gros plan, le cadrage et le montage. L’effet de celles-ci ne se limite pas à la salle de projection, puisqu’elles amorcent un changement de perception et réapprennent à l’homme à voir. Si nous nous basons dans cette étude sur les ouvrages de Balázs sur le cinéma L’Homme visible (1924), L’esprit du cinéma (1930) et Le cinéma. Nature et évolution d’un art nouveau (1948), nous tenons également compte de ses écrits littéraires, dans lesquels les problématiques liées à la culture et la perception sont centrales. / Nowadays, the name of Béla Balázs is above all else associated with the onsets of the theorization of the Cinema. The present work is the fruit of a will to translate his writings in a perspective that is wider than the one of Cinema. The analysis of Balázs's thoughts on movie-making in a particular context, in terms of history of ideas, enables one to identify the prism through which he tackled this art altogether. In a search for a cultural renewal that lead him to Communism, he always thought out of Cinema as of what it meant for mankind. Shaped by Georg Simmel's observation of a cultural crisis, and Henri Bergson's thoughts about perception, Balázs supported the idea that cinema set the individuals free from the negative consequences of modernization which could hinder their personal fulfillment. In a world that is more and more mechanic and meaningless, films stand as a chance to reclaim a technique and set a new culture in motion. The Man detaches himself from telling and resumes through showing. Cinema displays a world that is anthropomorphic and three major techniques help it achieve its cultural and artistic potential: the close-up, framing, and editing. And their effect is not limited to the projection room, since they mark the debut of a change in perception, and make the Man learn to see again. This study is primarily based on Balázs's works on cinema such as The Visible Man (1924), The Spirit of Film (1930) and Theory of Art (1948), but also takes into account his literary works, in which issues tied to culture and perception are central.

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