伊恩·贾维在他的《电影哲学》一书里研究了一些关于电影的最基本的哲学问题。这些问题如此浅显以致通常人们根本就不会予以怀疑,但是随着情况的变化发展,伴随着最难以解答的问题出现,人们又会转而忽视它们,把所谈论的对象视为理所当然的事。贾维所思考的问题有如下这些:什么是电影,什么是对电影的哲学思考? 电影是艺术吗? 如 Ian Jarvi studied some of the most fundamental philosophical issues about cinema in his book Philosophy of Film. These problems are so obvious that people are generally not at all suspicious, but as the situation evolves, with the most difficult questions to come through, people turn to ignore them and take the subject as a matter of course. Jia Wei thinking of the following questions: What is the film, what is the philosophical thinking of the movie? Is the film art?