Singer, Irving.

Reality transformed : film as meaning and technique / Irving Singer. - xiv, 216 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210)

Introduction: Realism vs. Formalism --
Appearance and Reality --
The Purple Rose of Cairo --
The Visual and the Literary --
Death in Venice --
Communication and Alienation --
The Rules of the Game --
Conclusion: Cinematic Transformation.

In Reality Transformed Irving Singer offers a new approach to the philosophy of film. Returning to the classical debate between realists and formalists, he shows how the opposing positions may be harmonized and united. He accepts the realist claim that films somehow "capture" reality, but agrees with the formalist belief that they transform it. Extending his earlier work on meaning in art and life, he suggests that the meaningfulness of movies derives from techniques that re-create reality in the process of presenting it to viewers who have learned how to appreciate the aesthetics of cinematic transformation.

0262194031 (hc. : alk. paper) 9780262194037 0262692481 9780262692489 0585003165 9780585003160

98017339


Film criticism--Philosophy.

PN1995 / .S513 1998

791.4301