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Is Harpo Free?: And Other Questions of the Metaphysical Screen

Is Harpo Free?: And Other Questions of the Metaphysical Screen

Cipa, Matthew

Hardcover

Series: Suny Series, Horizons of Cinema

PhilosophyTelevisionFilm Studies

ISBN10: 1438497350
ISBN13: 9781438497358
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Apr 1 2024
Pages: 266
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Examines how philosophical concepts like free will, personal identity, and goodness are given an artistic life in films and television programs.

Is Harpo Free? is a lively appreciation of film and television's ability to artistically explore concepts typical of philosophical metaphysics, such as free will, causality, and personal identity. Rather than using films and television programs as vehicles for philosophical arguments, the book instead celebrates the artistic ways in which they give life to various metaphysical concepts and how the artistic expression of these concepts and ideas helps us understand ourselves, the world, and our place within it. Through close analysis of a varied selection of works and their use of narrative, form, and style, Is Harpo Free? exemplifies a novel approach to appreciating the philosophical substance of films and television programs. Films and television programs discussed include A Night at the Opera; Run, Lola, Run; Shane; Harvey; Three Colours: Blue; The Americans; Dark; and Fargo.

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