Cavell On Film - Stanley Cavell

A Collection Of The Philosopher Stanley Cavells Most Important Writings On Cinema.stanley Cavell Was The First Philosopher In The Anglo-american Tradition To Make Film A Central Concern Of His Work, And This Volume A Substantially Complete Retrospective Of His Writings On Cinema, Which Continues To Inspiration And Directions To The Field Of Film And Media Studies. The Essays And Other Writings Collected Here Include Major Theoretical Statements And Extended Critical Studies Of Individual Films And Filmmakers, As Well As Occasional Pieces, All Of Which Illustrate Cavells Practice Of Film-philosophy As It Developed In The Decades Following The Publication Of His Landmark Work, The World Viewed. This Revised Edition Includes Six Additional Essays, Five Of Them Previously Unpublished, That Illuminate His Inspiring Vision Of A Humanistic Study Rooted In A Marriage Of Film And Philosophy.