Presents an overview of the key thinkers who have shaped the field of film philosophy. This book shows how philosophy can be applied to film analysis and how film can be used to illustrate philosophical problems. It is suitable for those interested in the issues and insights presented by film philosophy.

Introduction: What is Film-Philosophy? Felicity Colman PART 1: WHAT IS CINEMA? 1. Hugo Munsterberg, Robert Sinnerbrink 2. Vilem Flusser, Adrian Martin 3. Siegfried Kracauer, Drehli Robnik 4. Theodor Adorno, Julie Kuhlken 5. Antonin Artaud, Anna Powell 6. Henri Bergson, Dorothea Olkowski 7. Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Helen Fielding 8. Emmanuel Levinas, Sarah Cooper 9. Andre Bazin, Hunter Vaughan 10. Roland Barthes, Colin Gardner PART 2: POLITICS OF THE CINEMATIC CENTURY 11. Serge Daney, Garin Dowd 12. Jean-Luc Godard, Zsuzsa Baross 13. Stanley Cavell, Rex Butler 14. Jean-Luc Nancy, Clare Colebrook 15. Jacques Derrida, Louise Burchill 16. Gilles Deleuze, John Mullarkey 17. Sarah Kofman, Tom Conley 18. Paul Virilio, Felicity Colman 19. Jean Baudrillard, Catherine Constable 20. Francois Lyotard, Lisa Trahair 21. Fredric Jameson, Scott Durham 22. Felix Guattari, Gary Genosko PART 3: CINEMATIC NATURE 23. Raymond Bellour, Michael Goddard 24. Christian Metz, Richard Rushton 25. Julia Kristeva, Patricia MacCormack 26. Laura Mulvey, David Sorfa 27. Homi Bhabha, Patricia Pisters 28. Slavoj Zizek, Laurence Simmons 29. Stephen Heath, Fred Botting 30. Alain Badiou, Stephen Zepke 31. Jacques Ranciere, Sudeep Dasgupta 32. Giorgio Agamben, Christian McCrea Notes Bibliography Index