Is Cinema a Fake Simulation? Relationships between Cinema and Truth through Philosophical Materialism
Abstract
Reflection about cinema’s ontology has been a basic point on film theory (Casetti, 1994). However, the relationships between cinema and truth can be only studied through a philosophic system that analyzes the technological structure of the cinematographic device. In this article, we assume the bases of philosophical materialism from Gustavo Bueno (2018) in order to comment the idea of cinema as fake simulation. Comparing realistic and idealistic theories, we define cinema as an indeterminate representation whose truth can be constructed dialogically.
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