Philosophy in Stan Brakhage's Dog Star Man: World, Metaphor, Interpretation

by Alberto Baracco

Overview

This book shows how a masterpiece of experimental cinema can be interpreted through hermeneutics of the film world. As an application of Ricœurian methodology to a non-narrative film, the book calls into question the fundamental concept of the film world. Firmly rooted within the context of experimental cinema, Stan Brakhage’s Dog Star Man was not created on the basis of a narrative structure and representation of characters, places and events, but on very different presuppositions. The techniques with which Brakhage worked on celluloid and used frames as canvases, as well as his choice to make the film without dialogue and sound, exhort the interpreter to directly question the philosophical language of moving images.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030124250
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	03/04/2019
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alberto Baracco conducts research on film, film philosophy and film ecocriticism at the University of Torino, Italy.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: DSM and Philosophy.- Chapter 3: Understanding DSM’s Film World.- Chapter 4: Explaining DSM’s Film World.- Chapter 5: Critical Understanding of DSM’s Film World.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.