{"id":13167,"date":"2025-11-07T19:38:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/nouweb_grc_logos\/?post_type=reading-group&#038;p=13167"},"modified":"2026-05-10T06:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T06:41:22","slug":"philosophy-of-film","status":"publish","type":"reading-group","link":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/grc_logos\/reading-group\/philosophy-of-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy of Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inside-article\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-721b5002 single_detail_rdg\">\n<div class=\"pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper pp-multiple-authors-wrapper pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed-categories multiple-authors-target-shortcode box-post-id-7460 box-instance-id-1 ppma_boxes_7460\" data-post_id=\"7460\" data-instance_id=\"1\" data-additional_class=\"pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed-categories.multiple-authors-target-shortcode\" data-original_class=\"pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper pp-multiple-authors-wrapper box-post-id-7460 box-instance-id-1\">\n<div class=\"ppma-author-category-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ppma-category-group ppma-category-group-19 category-index-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">This is a reading group of the project <\/span><a style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/grc_logos\/project\/new-paths-in-the-philosophy-of-hybrid-representations\/\">New Paths in the Philosophy of Hybrid Representations.<\/a> <span style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">It is a collaborative activity with the <a href=\"https:\/\/vlclab.blogs.uv.es\/\">VLC Philosophy Lab<\/a> (co-convenor: Josep Corb\u00ed) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.um.es\/aresmur\/\">Aresmur<\/a> groups. It meets once per month to discuss a film and some relevant literature on it, when available.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"dynamic-entry-content\">\n<p>Unless otherwise indicated, we meet on Fridays, 17:00-19:00 (local time) online via zoom.<\/p>\n<p>SESSIONS:<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">1st Session, 26\/9\/25: <\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Rohmer, \u00a0<em>L&#8217;Amour l&#8217;apr\u00e8s-midi<\/em> (1972)<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Jacob Leigh, <em style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\"> The Cinema of Eric Rohmer. Irony, Imagination, and the Social World<\/em><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">, Continuum, New York 2012, pp. 51-61<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Vittorio H\u00f6sle, <em>Eric Rohmer, Filmaker and Philosopher<\/em>, Bloomsbury, London 2016, pp. 38-43<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2nd Session, 7\/11\/25: Dhont, <i>Close<\/i> (2022<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Matt Zoller Seitz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/close-movie-review-2023\">review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hannah Strong, <a style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\" href=\"https:\/\/lwlies.com\/reviews\/close\/\">review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3rd Session, 16\/1\/26: Wong, <em>2046<\/em> (2004)<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Stephen Teo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sensesofcinema.com\/2005\/on-recent-films-35\/2046\/\"><em>2046: <\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sensesofcinema.com\/2005\/on-recent-films-35\/2046\/\"><em>A Matter of Time, a Labour of Love<\/em><\/a>, <em>Senses of Cinema<\/em>, 35, April 2005<\/li>\n<li>Todd McGowan, &#8220;Timeless in Space: Placing Eternity in 2046&#8221;, in his <em style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Out of Time. Desire in Atemporal Cinema<\/em><span style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 2011, pp. 157-180<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Jean-Yves Heurtebise, 2013: \u201cAbout the Conditions of Possibility of the Philosophical Analysis of Films: A Kierkegaardian, Girardian, and Deleuzian Reading of <em>In the Mood for Love<\/em>\u201d, <em>Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia<\/em> vol. 69, 3\/4, 451-469<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4th Session, 20\/2\/26: von Trier, <em>The Five Obstructions<\/em> (2003)<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Mette Hjort, 2009: &#8220;The Five Obstructions&#8221;, in P. Livingston &amp; C. Plantinga (eds.) <em style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film<\/em><span style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">, London: Routledge, 652\u2013661<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Trevor Ponech, 2008: &#8220;Work and Play&#8221;, in M. Hjort (ed.), <em style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Dekalog 1: On The Five Obstructions<\/em><span style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">, London: Wallflower Press, 76-94<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Sverre Raffns\u00f8e, 2013: \u201cThe Five Obstructions: Experiencing the Human Side of Enterprise\u201d, <em>ephemera<\/em> vol. 11 (2), 178-190<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>5th Session, 10\/4\/26: Mouret, <em>Trois Amies<\/em> (2024)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>6th Session, 8\/5\/26: Godard, <em>Le M\u00e9pris<\/em> (1963)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Michelle Mason, 2003: &#8220;Contempt as a Moral Attitude&#8221;, <em style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Ethics <\/em>113<span style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">, 234\u2013272, esp. \u00a72, 236-238<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Paul Coates, 1998: &#8220;<em>Le M\u00e9pris<\/em>: Women, Statues, Gods&#8221;, <em style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Film Criticism<\/em><span style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\"> 22(3), 38-50<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Roberto Donati, 2009: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/offscreen.com\/view\/mepris_analysis\"><em>Le M\u00e9pris<\/em>: Analysis of Mise-en-sc\u00e9ne<\/a>\u201d, <em>Off Screen<\/em> vol. 13 (11)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>7th Session, 19\/6\/26: Bertolucci, <em>The Conformist<\/em> (1970)<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Christopher Orr, &#8220;Ideology and Narrative Strategy in Bertolucci&#8217;s <em>The Conformist<\/em>&#8220;, <em>Film Criticism<\/em>, 4(3), 1980, 41-48<\/li>\n<li>Raymod D. Boisvert, &#8220;Philosophical Themes in Bertolucci&#8217;s <em>The Conformist<\/em>&#8220;, <em style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Teaching Philosophy<\/em><span style=\"font-size: inherit;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">, 7(1), 1984, 49-52<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Adrian Switzer, 2013: \u201cFascism Re-performed: Benjaminian Mimesis, Platonic Methexis and Bertolucci&#8217;s <em>The Conformist<\/em>, in S. Biderman &amp; M. 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