Episode 162: FTF Theory (Bazin's Ontology of the Photographic Image + Broken Blossoms)

On Episode 162 of Floating Through Film, we're trying something new by discussing our first non-film, Bazin's seminal essay, 'Ontology of the Photographic Image'! We then shift from Bazin's essay on the evolution of the image to a film from one of the early innovators of cinema, D.W. Griffith's 1919 film Broken Blossoms (36:37). We hope you enjoy!

Bazin's 'Ontology of the Photographic Image': https://humanities1460.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bazin-ontology-of-the-photgraphic-image.pdf

Episode Next Week: Satyajit Ray Week 1 (The Apu Trilogy)

Music:- Intro from Early Summer- Outro from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlZDIqWHKB4&ab_channel=BluesmanHosts: Luke Seay (https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/), Blake Tourville (https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/), and Dany Joshuva (https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/)

Podcast Links (Spotify and Apple): https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm

Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/

Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com

FLOATING THROUGH FILM HISTORY

• No. of episodes: 167
• Latest episode: 2025-12-08
• TV & Film Film History

Where can you listen?