On the possibility of cinematic philosophy

Abstract

For some years now, there has been an active debate about the possibility of what I am calling ‘cinematic philosophy’. By that term, I refer to philosophy that is done on, in, or through film. I believe this to be a neutral way in which to indicate the sort of phenomenon that is also called ‘film-philosophy’ (see this volume), ‘film-as-philosophy’ (Smith and Wartenberg, 2006), and ‘filmosophy’ (Frampton, 2006).