Monday, March 10, 2008

Pragmatism at Birth (ou presque)

242. 山根貞男『映画の貌』(みすず書房)
243. 田中英司『現代・映画・アメリカ』(河出書房新社)
244. 鶴見俊輔『たまたま、この世界に生まれて』(SURE)
245. 山田宏一『フランソワ・トリュフォーの映画誌』(平凡社)

After a very lengthy meeting at our school headquarter, I strayed into a used-book shop and voilà, I encountered 242, Yamane's magnum opus, at a very decent price (less than half the original price)! He's great, one of the best film critics in the world. This lead me to pick up a couple more and on the way home I read 245 that I treasured like nothing else. 244 is by an old philosopher who has been instrumental in introducing American phil., esp. pragmatism/pragmaticism. The book is his private lecture to a small group of thirty-something's. Looks very readable, too.