[Frameworks] experimental films with philosophical text?

[Kian Bergstrom]

Péter Forgács' _Wittgenstein Tractatus_ springs to mind.

-Kian

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Ben Ogrodnik <ben.ogrodnik at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Can you recommend to me any experimental, avant-garde films that examine
> key works/thinkers of Western continental or analytical philosophy?
>
> The type of film I'm interested in is not a film that can be analyzed
> through a philosophical lens, but rather one in which a philosophical text
> makes some kind of direct appearance (through a quotation, intertitle,
> etc.) For instance, one example might be the 16mm film *Valley Fever* by
> Stephanie Beroes, 1986, which features a woman reading lengthy excerpts
> from Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological thought.
>
> I am currently working on a list of experimental films united by a common
> interest in visualizing philosophical texts.  Alas, this subfield is not my
> main area of expertise, so your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Sincerely,
> Ben
>
>
>
> --
> Ben Ogrodnik
> PhD student
> K. Leroy Irvis Fellow
> Department of Film Studies // History of Art and Architecture
> University of Pittsburgh
> BWO6 at pitt.edu
>
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