Performing Ethics Through Film Style
Author | : Lamberti Edward Lamberti |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2019-11-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781474444033 |
ISBN-13 | : 1474444032 |
Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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 Matresse 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.