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Subject:	Film
Topic:	History of Film
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Name:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Philosophy In Film and Other Media

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Lecture 1 Play Video	Introduction: "The Lady Eve" - Movies as an art form - Teaching as self-expression - Philosophy in film - How can films be philosophical? - Savoring films, myths and mythmaking - An overview of the semester - Course expectations
Lecture 2 Play Video	Applying Philosophical Analysis to Art - Review of previous session - Applying philosophical analysis to art - Tree of knowledge - Overlap between science technology and art - Reality Transformed - Three Philosophical Filmmakers - Myth making - Hitchcock - "The Lady Eve" - Myth of the whore/virgin
Lecture 3 Play Video	Edward Song and David Levinson - Edward Song - David Levinson - Focusing attention - Camera work - The nature of love - Ideals of romantic love - Selling out in "The Lady Eve"
Lecture 4 Play Video	Student Papers