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Title: The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film by Stanley Cavell ISBN: 0-674-96196-X Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 1980 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.50

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: Creative but Prejudiced
Comment: Since Stanley Cavell was an esteemed philosophy professor at Harvard University, when he wrote this book, it was a boon for film theorists everywhere; the academic elite were finally taking film theory seriously. However, even though in the book there are great moments of insight into the spectatorship of films, Cavell is very biased towards his own cinematic experience and will often make broad claims to the superiority of the classic films with which he grew up over any recent film. His predilections are often purely personal and do not involve an objective understanding of the films. The book contains many wonderful moments that stem from a thought-provoking philosopher yet it is very difficult to experience them through the author's subjective prejudices.

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