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Performing ethics through film style
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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- Edward Lamberti has a PhD in Film Studies from King's College London and he works at the BBFC. He is the editor of Behind the Scenes at the BBFC: Film Classification from the Silver Screen to the Digital Age(2012).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781474444019
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press, (31 August 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 358 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 x 17 mm
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