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OSUN Theme: Arts and Society
Film-Philosophy
Term:
February 13, 2023 – June 2, 2023
Level
: 300-Level
Day/Time:
Wednesdays 14:00-17:00 Kaohsiung Time | 01:00-04:00 New York Time | 07:00-10:00 Vienna Time
Instructor:
Héctor González Castaño, National Sun Yat-sen University
Credits
: 3 US / 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
: Knowledge of basic philosophical problems and concepts, and basic knowledge about film and film history
The starting point of this course is the distinction between film criticism, film theory and film philosophy. How to define the specificity of each field? How does our experience of film change from one perspective to the other? To answer this question, this course will move between fields and propose an approach to film philosophy which is not only based on what philosophers such as Deleuze or Rancière have written about film. Instead, we will try to understand the potential for philosophical reflection in basic concepts of film art, poetical experiments by film directors, judgment strategies by film critics and conceptual typologies by film theorists. What is the philosophical dimension of André Bazin’s attempt to define cinema? What philosophical questions are at stake in the work of Harun Farocki or Jean-Luc Godard? What can films teach us about time, space, memory, representation, and other philosophical issues? How do films from different countries and periods reflect different philosophical concerns? Is the expansion of film and moving images a tool of cultural homogenization, or on the contrary, has it created new ways of experiencing the plurality of ways of life? By asking these questions, we will show that very often film theory and film poetics contain explicit or implicit elements of philosophical interrogation. Besides, our discussion will always be based on the analysis of film works, with one or two films working as the guiding thread of each lesson. For copyright reasons, the teacher will not distribute any audiovisual material or organize any public screenings. Students must find access to the required films by their own means (library loans, streaming platforms, physical media purchase or rental, etc.).