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Is Harpo Free?
And Other Questions of the Metaphysical Screen
by Matthew Cipa
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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.
About the Author:
Matthew Cipa is Lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia and affiliate academic in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Press Reviews:
"This book is an excellent introduction to metaphysical concepts in and of film, and both the clarity with which they are expressed and the deftness with which they are applied make it a very rewarding read. Cipa stretches our understanding and renews our appetite for thinking about cinema and television." — Daniel Varndell, University of Winchester
"Many colleges and graduate programs have courses in film theory, but this book is a rarity these days in that its themes are ideas so universal, and so deep, that it has a fair chance of finding an audience among nonspecialists. All it really requires of the reader is a love of film and television." — William Rothman, University of Miami
See the publisher website: State University of New York Press
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