Film and Philosophy Conference

A two-day symposium on film featuring talks by philosophers, film critics, and others. Robert Pippin of the University of Chicago and George Wilson of USC will speak on film noir on Friday. Saturday will feature talks by Jean Ma, Malcolm Turvey, Pavle Levi, Karla Oeler, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Joshua Landy, and noted film critic David Thomson. SCHEDULE: Friday Jan 15, 3-5 p.m.: Film Noir Location: Levinthal Hall Robert Pippin, "Fate and Film Noir: Some Filmic Philosophy in Out of the Past" George Wilson, "Love and Bullshit in Santa Rosa: On the Coen Brothers' The Man Who Wasn't There" Chair: David Hills Saturday Jan 16, 10 a.m.-12 noon: Philosophy and Theory Location: Board Room Jean Ma, "Object Lessons: The Film Essay" Malcolm Turvey, "Medium-Specificity Defended" Chair: Pavle Levi Saturday Jan 16, 1-3 p.m.: Self-Reference Location: Board Room Joshua Landy: "Still Life in a Narrative Age: Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation" Jean-Pierre Dupuy: "Evil and Self-Reference in Fritz Lang's Fury" Chair: Cécile Alduy Saturday Jan 16, 3:15-5:15 p.m.: Cinema and the Mind Location: Board Room Pavle Levi: "Film/Cinema: A Dialectical Couple" Karla Oeler: "Cinema and Interiority" Chair: Alexis Burgess Saturday Jan 16, 5:30-6:30 p.m.: Fiction and Truth Location: Levinthal Hall David Thomson: "If the cinema is the truth 24 times a second, how shall we tell lies?"