A Philosophy of Cinematic Art

'In A Philosophy of Cinematic Art, Berys Gaut offers profound and original answers to the two fundamental questions of classical film theory: what is the nature of cinematic specificity, and what makes cinema an art form? Along the way, he writes with characteristic depth, clarity, and, above all, good sense, on the central topics of film theory, and his extended treatment of digital cinema, hitherto neglected by philosophers, is both timely and illuminating. As the first work of analytic film theory to bridge the divide between classical film theory and the contemporary philosophy of film, A Philosophy of Cinematic Art is of signal importance to the history of film theory and it should be read widely both by film scholars and philosophers of art.' Richard Allen, New York University