Abbas Kiarostami and Film-Philosophy

Mathew Abbott

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2016

Abbas Kiarostami and Film-Philosophy

Mathew Abbott

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748699919

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A deflationary, anti-theoretical film-philosophy through the cinema of Abbas Kiarostami

Mathew Abbott presents a powerful new film-philosophy through the cinema of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Mathew Abbott argues that Kiarostami’s films carry out cinematic thinking: they do not just illustrate pre-existing philosophical ideas, but do real philosophical work.

Crossing the divide between analytic and continental philosophy, he draws on Ludwig Wittgenstein, Stanley Cavell, John McDowell, Alice Crary, Noël Carroll, Giorgio Agamben, and Martin Heidegger, bringing out the thinking at work in Kiarostami’s most recent films: Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, ABC Africa, Ten, Five, Shirin, Certified Copy and Like Someone in Love.

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Introduction: Abbas Kiarostami and Film-Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Wind Will Carry Us: Cinematic Scepticism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
2. ABC Africa: Apparition and Appearance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
3. Ten: Everything there is to Know Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. Five: Artifice and the Ordinary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5. Shirin: Absorption and Spectatorship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
6. Certified Copy: The Comedy of Remarriage in an Age of Digital Reproducibility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
7. Like Someone in Love: The Suspension of Belief Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 176
Keywords: Philosophy

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Published: November 16, 2016
ISBN: 9780748699919