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50 reviewsA new critical approach to cinema & media based on Buddhism as a philosophical discourse
How can a philosophical discourse generated in Asia help us reframe & renew cinema & media theory? Cinema Illuminating Realityprovides a possible way to do this by using Buddhist ideas to examine the intricate relationship between technicity & consciousness in the cinema. The resulting dialogue between Buddhism & Euro-American philosophy is the first of its kind in film & media studies.
Victor Fan examines cinema’s ontology & ontogenetic formation & how such a formational process produces knowledge, political agency, & in-aesthetics. Buddhism allows Fan to deconstruct binary thinking & reimagine media as an ecology, rethinking cinema in relational terms between the human & the machine. Along the way, Fan considers a wide variety of case studies from around the globe, while paying special attention to how contemporary Tibeto-Sinophone filmmakers have adopted relational thinking to detail ways of rebuilding a world that appears to be beyond repair.
From Chinese queer cinema to a reexamination of Japanese master Ozu’s work & its historical reception to Christian Petzold’s 2018 existential thriller Transit, Cinema Illuminating Reality forges a remarkable path between Buddhist studies & cinema studies, casting vital new light on both of these important subjects.
Victor Fan is lecturer in film studies at King’s College London. He has contributed extensively to academic journals, including Screen, Film History, & Camera Obscura.
