Truth, Beauty and Goodness: Freedom and the Platonic Triad in Eric Rohmer’s Film Theory

This article analyses Eric Rohmer’s film theory in the light of the Platonic triad of truth, beauty and goodness, as embodied by the aesthetic philosophy of Kant, Hegel and Schiller. Although his film theory shows affinity with Kant’s ideal of art as a form of natural beauty, I will argue that a bro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanne Schelstraete
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Press 2022-10-01
Series:Film-Philosophy
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Online Access:https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/film.2022.0204