Performing ethics through film style : Levinas with the Dardenne Brothers, Barbet Schroeder and Paul Schrader / Edward Lamberti, Monographie imprimée
Language: anglais.Publication : Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, copyright 2020Description: 1 volume (VIII-248 pages) : illustrations, couverture illustrée en couleurs ; 24 cmISBN: 978-1-4744-4400-2; 978-1-4744-4401-9; 1-4744-4400-8.Dewey: 791.4301, 23Abstract: Uses Levinas and performativity theory to explore the ethical stakes of film style. Presents a new approach to ethics and film, bringing film style into productive dialogue with performativity theory. Includes case studies from three significant filmmaking bodies of work. Demonstrates a synthesis of film theory, philosophy and textual analysis. Emmanuel Levinas's ethical philosophy has had a significant influence on film theory in recent years. Proposing a relationship between Levinasian ethics and film style, and bringing it into a productive dialogue with theories of performativity, this book explores this influence through three directorial bodies of work: those of the Dardenne Brothers, Barbet Schroeder and Paul Schrader. Discussing a range of films - including the Dardennes' Le Fils and The Kid with a Bike, Schroeder's Maîtresse and Reversal of Fortune and Schrader's American Gigolo and The Comfort of Strangers - Edward Lamberti demonstrates how film styles can perform a Levinasian ethics.(site web de l'éditeur).Bibliography: Bibliogr. p. [231]-240. Notes bibliogr. Index.Subject - Personal Name: Levinas, Emmanuel, 1906-1995 Morale | Dardenne, Luc, 1954- | Dardenne, Jean-Pierre, 1951- | Schroeder, Barbet, 1941- | Schrader, Paul, 1946- Subject - Topical Name: Cinéma Aspect moral | Cinéma, Production et réalisation Philosophie| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Prêt normal | Bibliothèque provisoire Bron Salle de lecture | Spectacle (Arts du spectacle) | 791.430.1 LAM (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 0380937320 |
Autre tirage : 2021
Bibliogr. p. [231]-240. Notes bibliogr. Index
Uses Levinas and performativity theory to explore the ethical stakes of film style. Presents a new approach to ethics and film, bringing film style into productive dialogue with performativity theory. Includes case studies from three significant filmmaking bodies of work. Demonstrates a synthesis of film theory, philosophy and textual analysis. Emmanuel Levinas's ethical philosophy has had a significant influence on film theory in recent years. Proposing a relationship between Levinasian ethics and film style, and bringing it into a productive dialogue with theories of performativity, this book explores this influence through three directorial bodies of work: those of the Dardenne Brothers, Barbet Schroeder and Paul Schrader. Discussing a range of films - including the Dardennes' Le Fils and The Kid with a Bike, Schroeder's Maîtresse and Reversal of Fortune and Schrader's American Gigolo and The Comfort of Strangers - Edward Lamberti demonstrates how film styles can perform a Levinasian ethics.(site web de l'éditeur)
Introduction : textual performances in Levinas and film Part I. The Dardenne Brothers : an ethics without rest 1. Je Pense à Vous and La Promesse : from describing to performing 2. Levinasian responsibility in Le Fils 3. The Kid with a Bike and the reframing of ethics Part II. Barbet Schroeder : devoted to the other 4. Maîtresse : direction without domination 5. The ethical and the juridical in Reversal of Fortune and Terror's Advocate 6. Our Lady of the Assassins and Levinas's ethics as first philosophy Part III. Paul Schrader : an unexpected ethics 7. American Gigolo and the ethics of falling in love 8. Levinasian limits of performativity in Mishima : A Life in Four Chapters 9. Passivity and responsibility in The Comfort of Strangers, Dominion : Prequel to the Exorcist and Adam Resurrected Conclusion : Levinasian films in the world
