| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 217 pages) |
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EBSCO Academic Collection |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) |
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Filmography: pages 215-217 |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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Good and evil in motion pictures
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Films, cinema.
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Film: styles & genres.
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Ethics & moral philosophy.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Good and evil in motion pictures
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Filmhistoria.
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Filmteori.
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Onska på film.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1443865583 |
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9781443865586 |
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9781322056890 |
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1322056897 |
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