Visions of Virtue in Popular Film - Thinking Through Cinema

Joseph H Kupfer

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Visions of Virtue in Popular Film grows out of the interplay between film criticism and a philosophical view of virtue. Joseph H. Kupfer argues that film fictions can be integral to moral reflection, and thus by examining the narrative and cinematic aspects of popular films, we can derive important moral truths about people and their behavior. Taking as his base a classical conception of virtue and vice, Kupfer offers an in-depth examination of Groundhog Day, The African Queen, Parenthood, Rob Roy, Fresh, Jaws, and Aliens in order to investigate the value of virtue within ever-widening social contexts.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780813367200
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	16 Sep 1999
DEWEY:	791.43653
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	236
Weight:	430g
Height:	229mm
Width:	153mm
Spine width:	25mm