Antiphilosophy: Jean Epstein and speculative realism
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Jean Epstein. Speculative realism. Antiphilosophy. Theory of filmmakers. A. N. Whitehead.Abstract
This article aims to propose a dialogue between Jean Epstein's movies and theory and speculative realism. The interaction of subjective and objective forces in cinema is a compelling field of investigation for a speculative realist, and the epsteinian conviction that cinema opens us to new domains of world knowledge is absolutely in tune with that philosophical movement. Throughout this dialogue, we struggle to outline a different way of thinking about cinema: an “antiphilosophy”.
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