Cover -- Title -- Half-title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Reading The World Viewed -- I The Preface: A METAPHYSICAL MEMOIR -- II Chapters 1-5: WHAT IS FILM? -- III Chapters 6-9: FILM'S ORIGINS AND HISTORY -- IV Chapters 10-11: THE END OF THE MYTHS -- V Chapters 12-13: THE WORLD AS A WHOLE -- VI Chapters 14-15: AUTOMATISM -- VII Chapters 16-18: FILM AND THEATRICALITY -- VIII Chapter 19: THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SILENCE
Appendix: Cavell's Philosophical Procedures and Must We Mean What We Say?Notes -- Index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index
