Philosophy in Stan Brakhage's Dog Star Man (eBook)

World, Metaphor, Interpretation

Alberto Baracco (Autor)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2019
XVIII, 144 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-12426-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book shows how a masterpiece of experimental cinema can be interpreted through hermeneutics of the film world. As an application of Ricœurian methodology to a non-narrative film, the book calls into question the fundamental concept of the film world. Firmly rooted within the context of experimental cinema, Stan Brakhage's Dog Star Man was not created on the basis of a narrative structure and representation of characters, places and events, but on very different presuppositions. The techniques with which Brakhage worked on celluloid and used frames as canvases, as well as his choice to make the film without dialogue and sound, exhort the interpreter to directly question the philosophical language of moving images.

Alberto Baracco conducts research on film, film philosophy and film ecocriticism at the University of Torino, Italy.

 

Inhalt

Chapter 1 - Introduction1.1     Theoretical Aspects and Possible Perspectives in Film Philosophy 1.2     Film Worlds Theory1.3     Ricœurian Hermeneutics of the Film World1.4     Some Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 2 - DSM and Philosophy2.1     DSM Through Ricœurian Hermeneutics2.2     The Process of Interpretation2.2.1          Phase 1: Understanding DSM’s Film World2.2.2          Phase 2: Explaining DSM’s Film World2.2.3          Phase 3: Critical Understanding of DSM’s Film World2.2.4          Structure and Schemata2.3     DSM as Film World Chapter 3 - Understanding DSM’s Film World3      3.1     Initial Guess: Pure Visual Perception3.2     Symbolic Elements of the Film World3.3     DSM as Poetry of Vision3.3.1          The Rhetorical-Stylistic Structure of DSM3.3.2          The Rhythmic Structure of DSM3.4     DSM as Epic Mythology3.4.1          The Genesis3.4.2          The Conflict3.4.3          The Innocence3.4.4          The Desire3.4.5          The Death Chapter 4 - Explaining DSM’s Film World4      5      6      4.1     Origin of the Film World: Deren, Duncan and Brakhage’s Heterodoxy4.2     History of Interpretations: Camper and Sitney4.3     Exegesis of Symbolic Meanings: Between Poetry and Myth 4.3.1     Poetry of Vision4.3.2     Epic Mythology4.4     Conflict of Interpretations: Is an Analytical Approach to DSM appropriate? Chapter 5 - Critical Understanding of DSM’s Film World5      6      7      8      5.1     Critical Understanding of Interpretation: Further Clues on DSM’s Film World 5.2     Critical Understanding of Interpreter: Mythopoesis 5.3     Critical Understanding of Film Philosophy: Rejection of Logocentric Metaphysics Chapter 6 - Conclusion6      7      8      9      10      6.1     A Summary of our Journey into DSM’s Film World 6.2     A Last Remark on Ricœurian Film Hermeneutics

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2019
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 144 p. 46 illus., 32 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Schlagworte: Experimental Cinema • Film Studies • Paul Ricouer • Philosophy of film • Stan Brakhage
• ISBN-10: 3-030-12426-6 / 3030124266
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-12426-7 / 9783030124267