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The Ontology of Film
Today we're thinking about the nature of film. Are film objects? Selective depictions of reality as it is, or do they constitute a separate world unto themselves? How does film differ from the other arts, such as photography and theatre, and what kind of spectator do we become when we watch a filmely? i think it's fascinating that an entirely new art form has been invented in such recent human history. Theorist right now is like typical philosophers. I think one might even say it's an extreme active humorist to have an episode that's just called film, like a film film.
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