Cinema and evil : moral complexities and the "dangerous" film / by Dara Waldron

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Waldron, Dara [author.]

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1443865583
9781443865586
9781322056890
1322056897

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cinema and evil.DDC classification:

791.43653

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PN1995.9.E93 W35 2013

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Contents:

'Trying to see darkness' : a genealogy of evil from Manicheanism to Bataille -- The 'Discourse on evil' in Fritz Lang's M (1931) and Orson Welles's Touch of evil (1958) -- Pasolini and the remnants of neorealism : towards an immeasurable evil -- 'Strike dear mistress and cure his heart' : evil and the law in Liliana Cavani's The night porter (1974) -- 'Barbarism begins at home' : Augustinian evil in Haneke's Benny's video (1992) -- Doli incapax? : re-evaluating evil and its origins in Michael Haneke's Caché (2005) -- Seeing and failing to see again : on the evil of Michael Haneke's The white ribbon (2009) -- Conclusion : the "dangerous" film.

Summary: "Malevolence (and its causes) has been central to film since its inception; the birth of film coinciding with a fascination with crime, death, murder, horror, etc. Films which address the problem of evil, however, are less frequent and fewer in quantity; especially films which respond to a body of thought -- philosophical or theological -- which has deliberated on the topic of evil over the centuries. Cinema and Evil: Moral Responsibility and the "Dangerous" Film addresses these films. It explores the legacy of evil from Manicheanism to Arendt, assessing the alternative definitions offered by philosophers, theologians and writers per se, on its problematic status."--Publisher website.

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"Malevolence (and its causes) has been central to film since its inception; the birth of film coinciding with a fascination with crime, death, murder, horror, etc. Films which address the problem of evil, however, are less frequent and fewer in quantity; especially films which respond to a body of thought -- philosophical or theological -- which has deliberated on the topic of evil over the centuries. Cinema and Evil: Moral Responsibility and the "Dangerous" Film addresses these films. It explores the legacy of evil from Manicheanism to Arendt, assessing the alternative definitions offered by philosophers, theologians and writers per se, on its problematic status."--Publisher website.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214).

Filmography: pages 215-217.

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