The fourth film program in the pedagogy initiative Philosophy Through Film revolved around the connections between mind, consciousness, and emotions. It include the following films:
Shine / Simplesmente Genial (Scott Hicks, Australia, 1996)
Mon Oncle d`Amérique / O Meu Tio da América (Alain Resnais, França, 1980)
Rope, The / A Corda (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1948)
Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The / O Testamento do Dr. Mabuse (Fritz Lang, Alemanha, 1933)
Battleship Potemkin / O Couraçado Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, URSS, 1925)
Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle / O Enigma de Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog, Alemanha, 1974)
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, USA, 1941)
O Quinto Império: Ontem como Hoje (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal, 2004)
Matter of Life and Death / Um Caso de Vida ou de Morte (Michael Powell e Emeric Pressburger, UK, 1946)
Memento (Christopher Nolan, USA, 2000)
Matrix, The (Andy and Larry Wachowski, USA, 1999)
Red Desert / Deserto Vermelho (Michelangelo Antonioni, Itália/França, 1964)
Spider (David Cronenberg, Canada/UK, 2002)
References:
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Ciment, Michel (2003). “On The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser: interview Werner Herzog” in Film World: Interviews with Cinema’s Leading Directors, Oxford: Berg Publishers, pp. 157-173
Gaut, Berys (2006). “Identification and Emotion in Narrative Film” in Carroll, Noël and Choi, Jinhee (2006). Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures: An Anthology, Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 260-270
Hutchinson, Phil and Read, Rupert (Edited by) (2005). “Memento: A Philosophical Investigation” in Read, Rupert and Goodenough, Jerry (2005). Film as Philosophy. Essays on Cinema after Wittgenstein and Cavell, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 72-93
Neill, Alex (2006). “Empathy and Film Fiction” in Carroll, Noël and Choi, Jinhee (2006). Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures: An Anthology, Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 247-259
Plantinga, Carl (1997). “Notes on Spectator Emotion and Ideological Film Criticism” in Allen, Richard and Smith, Murray (1997). Film Theory and Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 372-393
Putnam, Hilary (2010). “Brain in a Vat” in Fumerton, Richard and Jeske, Diane (Edited by) (2010). Introducing Philosophy through Film. Key Texts, Discussion and Film Selections, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, pp.98-105
Wartenberg, Thomas E. (2007). “A Skeptical Thought Experiment: The Matrix” in Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy, New York: Routledge, pp. 53-75
Wollen, Peter (1999). “Rope: Three Hypotheses” in Allen, Richard and Ishii-Gonzalès, S. (Edited by). (1999). Alfred Hitchcock: Centenary Essays, London: BFI Publishing, pp. 74-85
Searle, John (1980). “Minds, Brains, and Programs” in Fumerton, Richard and Jeske, Diane (Edited by) (2010). Introducing Philosophy through Film. Key Texts, Discussion and Film Selections, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 167-180
Silverman, Kaja (1981). “Kaspar Hauser`s” «Terrible Fall» into Narrative” in New German Critique, No. 24/25, Special Double Issue on New German Cinema, Autumn, 1981 – Winter, 1982, pp. 73-93
Smith, Murray (2005). “Engaging Characters” in Wartenberg, Thomas E. and Curran, Angela (2005). The Philosophy of Film. Introductory Text and Readings, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 160-169
