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Rethinking film’s “not true” stories and their real-world power.

Taking Fiction Film Seriously

A Philosophical Approach to Cinema Studies

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    272 pages

  • Release Date

    30 October 2025

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Summary

Fiction film has been and remains the privileged site of film studies, with film history regularly being viewed as the rise of the narrative fiction film. Taking Fiction Film Seriously argues that despite this privileged position, the notion of fiction as it relates to cinema, has yet to be properly interrogated.

Mario Slugan explores the significant misunderstandings concerning the categorisation of film, audience experience, and the real-life effects of fic…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350505711
ISBN-10:1350505714
Author:Mario Slugan
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:30 October 2025
Weight:460g
Dimensions:16mm x 156mm x 232mm
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About The Author

Mario Slugan

Mario Slugan is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. He is author of Montage across the Arts (2017), Noël Caroll and Film (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019), and Fiction and Imagination in Early Cinema (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019). He is co-editor (with Daniël Biltereyst) of New Perspectives on Early Cinema History (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).

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