Performing Ethics Through Film Style

Levinas with the Dardenne Brothers, Barbet Schroeder and Paul Schrader

Edward Lamberti author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:30th Nov '19

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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 Maitresse 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.

ISBN: 9781474444002

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272 pages