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Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 Theoretical Aspects and Possible Perspectives in Film Philosophy
1.2 Film Worlds Theory1.3 Ricoeurian Hermeneutics of the Film World1.4 Some Preliminary Conclusions
Chapter 2 - DSM and Philosophy
2.1 DSM Through Ricoeurian Hermeneutics2.2 The Process of Interpretation
2.2.1 Phase 1: Understanding DSM's Film World
2.2.2 Phase 2: Explaining DSM's Film World2.2.3 Phase 3: Critical Understanding of DSM's Film World2.2.4 Structure and Schemata2.3 DSM as Film World
Chapter 3 - Understanding DSM's Film World
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3.1 Initial Guess: Pure Visual Perception
3.2 Symbolic Elements of the Film World
3.3 DSM as Poetry of Vision
3.3.1 The Rhetorical-Stylistic Structure of DSM3.3.2 The Rhythmic Structure of DSM3.4 DSM as Epic Mythology
3.4.1 The Genesis3.4.2 The Conflict3.4.3 The Innocence3.4.4 The Desire3.4.5 The DeathChapter 4 - Explaining DSM's Film World
4 5 6 4.1 Origin of the Film World: Deren, Duncan and Brakhage's Heterodoxy4.2 History of Interpretations: Camper and Sitney4.3 Exegesis of Symbolic Meanings: Between Poetry and Myth 4.3.1 Poetry of Vision4.3.2 Epic Mythology4.4 Conflict of Interpretations: Is an Analytical Approach to DSM appropriate?Chapter 5 - Critical Understanding of DSM's Film World
5 6 7 8 5.1 Critical Understanding of Interpretation: Further Clues on DSM's Film World 5.2 Critical Understanding of Interpreter: Mythopoesis 5.3 Critical Understanding of Film Philosophy: Rejection of Logocentric MetaphysicsChapter 6 - Conclusion
6 7 8 9 10 6.1 A Summary of our Journey into DSM's Film World6.2 A Last Remark on Ricoeurian Film Hermeneutics
About the Author
Alberto Baracco conducts research on film, film philosophy and film ecocriticism at the University of Torino, Italy.