The Real of Reality: The Realist Turn in Contemporary Film Theory

by Christine Reeh-Peters, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Potsdam

This book provides philosophical insight into the nature of reality by reflecting on its ontological qualities through the medium of film. The main question is whether we have access to reality through film that is not based on visual representation or narration: Is film--in spite of its immateriality--a way to directly grasp and reproduce reality? Why do we perceive film as "real" at all? What does it mean to define its own reproducibility as an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004466290
• ISBN13: 9789004466296
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 276 Pages