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Adapting Philosophy
Catherine Constable
其他書名
Jean Baudrillard and "The Matrix Trilogy"
出版
Manchester University Press
, 2009-08-15
主題
Performing Arts / Film / General
Performing Arts / Film / Guides & Reviews
Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism
Philosophy / Reference
Philosophy / Individual Philosophers
Social Science / Popular Culture
ISBN
0719075319
9780719075315
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=53oZAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This book looks at the ways in which
The Matrix
Trilogy adapts Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation, and in doing so creates its own distinctive philosophical position. Where previous work in the field has presented the trilogy as a simple ‘beginner’s guide’ to philosophy, this study offers a new methodology for inter-relating philosophy and film texts, focusing on the conceptual role played by imagery in both types of text. This focus on the figurative enables a new-found appreciation of the liveliness of philosophical writing and the multiple philosophical dimensions of Hollywood films. The book opens with a critical overview of existing philosophical writing on
The Matrix
Trilogy and goes on to draw on adaptation theory and feminist philosophy in order to create a new methodology for interlinking philosophical and filmic texts. Three chapters are devoted to detailed textual analysis of the films, tracing the ways in which the imagery that dominates Baudrillard’s writing is adapted and transformed by the trilogy’s complex visuals and soundtrack. The conclusion situates the methodology developed throughout the book in relation to other approaches currently emerging in the new field of Film-Philosophy. The book’s multi-disciplinary approach encompasses Philosophy, Film Studies and Adaptation Theory and will be of interest to undergraduates and postgraduates studying these subjects. It also forms part of the developing interdisciplinary field of Film-Philosophy. The detailed textual analysis of
The Matrix
Trilogy will also be of interest to anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of the multi-faceted nature of this seminal work.