Performing Ethics Through Film Style Levinas With the Dardenne Brothers, Barbet Schroeder and Paul Schrader

Edward Lamberti

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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.

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ISBN:	9781474444019
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Pub date:	31 Aug 2021
DEWEY:	791.4301
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	256
Weight:	358g
Height:	154mm
Width:	233mm
Spine width:	17mm