Performing Ethics Through Film Style - by Edward Lamberti (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>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 Barbet Schroeder, Paul Schrader and the Dardenne Brothers. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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. </p> <p>Discussing a range of films - including the Dardennes' <em>Le Fils</em> and <em>The Kid with a Bike</em>, Schroeder's <em>Maîtresse</em> and <em>Reversal of Fortune</em> and Schrader's <em>American Gigolo</em> and <em>The Comfort of Strangers</em> - Edward Lamberti demonstrates how film styles can perform a Levinasian ethics.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>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. Edward Lamberti teaches film at King's College London and is Operations Manager at the British Board of Film Classification. He is the editor of Behind the Scenes at the BBFC: Film Classification from the Silver Screen to the Digital Age.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Edward Lamberti teaches film at King's College London and also works at the British Board of Film Classification. He is the editor of Behind the Scenes at the BBFC: Film Classification from the Silver Screen to the Digital Age (longlisted for the 2013 Kraszna-Krausz Book Award for Best Moving Image Book).<p>
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