{"product_id":"tuitions-and-intuitions","title":"Tuitions and Intuitions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMakes the case that philosophy has an essential role to play in the serious study of film.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rothman has long been considered one of the seminal figures in the field of film-philosophy. From his landmark book \u003ci\u003eHitchcock: The Murderous Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e, now in its second edition, to the essays collected here in \u003ci\u003eTuitions and Intuitions\u003c\/i\u003e, Rothman has been guided by two intuitions: first, that his kind of film criticism is philosophy; and second, that such a marriage of criticism and philosophy has an essential part to play in the serious study of film. In this book, he aspires, borrowing a formulation from Emerson, to \"pay the tuition\" for these intuitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThoughtful, philosophically sophisticated, and provocative, the essays included here address a wide range of films, including classical Hollywood movies; the work of \"auteur\" directors like Alfred Hitchcock, George Cukor, Yasujirō Ozu, and Woody Allen; performances by John Barrymore and James Stewart; unconventional works by Jean Genet, Chantal Akerman, Terrence Malick, and the Dardenne brothers; the television series \u003ci\u003eJustified\u003c\/i\u003e; and documentaries by Jean Rouch, Ross McElwee, and Robert Gardner. All the essays address questions of philosophical significance and, taken together, manifest Rothman's lifelong commitment when writing about a film, to respect the film's own ideas; to remain open to the film's ways of expressing its ideas; and to let the film help teach him how to view it, how to think about it, and how to discover what he has at heart to say about it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410520265048,"sku":"9781438475783","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781438475783.jpg?v=1777896951","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/tuitions-and-intuitions","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}