The end of film theory and the task of film interpretation : a pathway to the philosophical turn
Author
Aydınlı, Sinem
Advisor
Gürata, Ahmet
Date
2011Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to interrogate film interpretation in terms of Heideggerian
thinking as a pathway for arguments in the history of film theory via the idea of
“happening” in the art. For this reason, the “happening of truth” is considered in
terms of its filmic implications. In addition to this, the poetic revealing as a mode of
“happening of truth” is questioned via filmic experience by making an analogy with
the idea of strife between the earth and the world. Thus, this study also investigates
the experience of the audience with respect to its involvement in the film. By
walking through this pathway, hermeneutic phenomenology as a method contributes
to an understanding of the experience of the audience. In this respect, the idea of film
interpretation refers not only to the audience’s dwelling in the film but also to its
ontological experience, and so the ontological investigation is triggered via
“happening” in the film.
Keywords
Film theoryFilm and philosophy
Heidegger
Happening of truth
Hermeneutics
Film interpretation