Mary Magdalene and Murdochian Film Phenomenology
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Harrison, B
Fox, C
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Philosophy of Film without Theory
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For Iris Murdoch, the cinema shows ‘human character on display at the point where spirit and matter are most intensely fused’ – that is, in the human face. Murdoch realises that cinema is an art of intensified consciousness, created from sound, image, movement and emotion. A phenomenological approach to film experience enables an appreciation of the elements Murdoch identifies, through careful, close attention and meticulous description. This calls for film to be attended to, viewed with love and care, and treated as generative. I will explore Mary Magdalene (Garth Davis, 2018) in light of Murdoch’s article on the cinema, in order to convey the affective power of the film, and the way in which Mary’s ‘spirit and matter’ are evoked and conveyed. Exemplifying film phenomenology through embodiment and consciousness, Mary Magdalene is illuminated through Murdoch’s thinking about how film can enlarge our imaginations.
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Bolton, LCollections
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