Film & Philosophy Course

Apr 28, 07:39 PM by Kate Taylor

Monday 17th May
£35.00 / £30.00(Members & concs)
FACT Liverpool
Ethics, or the problem of behaving correctly, is a perennial issue in philosophy and is also fundamental to the crises and conundrums that underpin the best of cinema. In this course we will explore various approaches to ethics through a consideration of philosophical texts and a selection of films that either illustrate the issues at hand particularly well or themselves provide a unique stance on an ethical dilemma.

Films to be screened:

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)
Code Unknown (Michael Haneke, 2000)
The Fountainhead (King Vidor, 1949)
Manderlay (Lars von Trier, 2005)
Disgrace (Steve Jacobs, 2008)
The Party and the Guests (Jan Nemec, 1966)

The course is led by Dr. David Sorfa from the Film Studies department at Liverpool John Moores University.

Full details here