| Description |
xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Film and culture
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Film and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : time, film, and the ethical vision of Emmanuel Levinas. American transcendence : Levinas and a short history of an American idea in film -- Frank Capra and James Stewart : time, transcendence, and the other -- The changing face of American redemption : Henry Fonda, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, and Denzel Washington -- Sex, art, and Oedipus : The unbearable lightness of being -- Fellini and La dolce vita : documentary, decadence, and desire -- Antonioni and L'avventura : transcendence, the body, and the feminine. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Motion pictures -- Philosophy.
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Motion pictures -- Philosophy. |
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Redemption in motion pictures.
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Redemption in motion pictures. |
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Lévinas, Emmanuel -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Lévinas, Emmanuel. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| ISBN |
9780231147651 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780231147644 cloth alkaline paper |
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0231147643 cloth alkaline paper |
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0231147651 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780231519496 e-book |
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0231519494 e-book |
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