Performing Ethics Through Film Style

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Performing Ethics Through Film Style is written by Lamberti Edward Lamberti and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1474444032 (ISBN 10) and 9781474444033 (ISBN 13).

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.