Film and Philosophy at CEPPA – His Girl Friday
November 27 @ 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
We are proud to present the Tenth Session of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA (aka the CEPPA Film Club). This time we will gather from 16:30 onwards to watch and discuss His Girl Friday (see trailer here). Here is a list of suggested readings and videos.
To Read:
- Stanley Cavell – ‘Words for a Conversation’ in Pursuits of Happiness (pp. 1-42). In particular, pp. 1-8 & pp. 16-34.
- Stanley Cavell – ‘His Girl Friday’ in Cities of Words (pp. 340-451).
- Olivia Kiriakou – Notebook Primer: Screwball Comedy.
- David Edelstein – Forget me not: The genius of Charlie Kaufman’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
- Claire Carlisle – ‘Preface’ and ‘Last Words’ in The Marriage Question.
- (This review by Victoria Baena is also worth a read.)
- Clare Chambers – ‘Introduction’ (pp. 1-8) and ‘6.3 Internal Equality: Sexism’ (pp. 187-199) in Against Marriage.
To Watch
- Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).
- Video: Kazuo Ishiguro on Holiday: ‘Screwball comedies were proto-feminist’.